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<link><id>79043</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/79043/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Texas bans nibbling fish pedicures]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US state of Texas has banned <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/l/62690/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">fish</a>, <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/weird/l/69516/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pedicures</a> over health and safety concerns, denying salon customers the opportunity to enjoy the sensation of hundreds of small fish nibbling away the dead skin from their feet.]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>524</score><crdate>10/8/2008 10:40:25 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-08T22:40:25+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>64756</id><url>http://www.plime.com/sports/l/64756/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Son of Evel Knievel jumps 21 Hummers in Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Next time, he'll do it on a bike...(just kidding)<br/><br/>Daredevil Robbie Knievel, son of the late Evel Knievel, rode his motorcycle against a stiff 30-mpg headwind over 21 Hummers, at the at Texas Motor Speedway  on Saturday.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>19</score><crdate>6/9/2008 1:17:02 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-09T01:17:02+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>72482</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72482/1/</url><title><![CDATA[North Texas school district will let teachers carry guns]]></title><description><![CDATA[A tiny Texas school district may be the first in the nation to allow teachers and staff to pack guns for protection when classes begin later this month.]]></description><comments>14</comments><score>430</score><crdate>8/15/2008 4:42:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-15T16:42:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>48244</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/48244/1/</url><title><![CDATA[F-16s at Scene of U.F.O. Sighting in Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the hype around a U.F.O. sighting in Texas garners an unusual amount of attention, a local Air Force reserve base stepped up on Wednesday with a statement that either completely debunks the story or fuels it further, depending on who you ask and when you ask them.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>130</score><crdate>1/24/2008 11:46:16 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-24T11:46:16+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>45087</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Texas passes new &quot;Pole&quot; tax]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting January 1st, there will be an additional $5.00 cover charge at 150 different strip clubs in Texas.  All because the State thinks Strip Clubs lead to sex crimes.<br/><br/>What's next?  A $10 per fetus tax on abortion clinics?]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>397</score><crdate>12/23/2007 10:24:05 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-23T10:24:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>34566</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34566/1/</url><title><![CDATA[ Endangered turtle nests found in Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wildlife officials counted a record 128 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests this summer on Texas beaches.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>101</score><crdate>9/5/2007 7:32:39 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-05T07:32:39+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>57113</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57113/1/</url><title><![CDATA[52 Girls Removed From Texas Compound]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officials from Texas Child Protective Services, escorted by state troopers, took 52 girls, ages 6 months to 17 years, from the remote retreat on Friday afternoon.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>208</score><crdate>4/5/2008 8:06:29 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-05T08:06:29+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>50672</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50672/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Sex Toys Now Legal In Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sex toys are now legal in Texas, after a 1970s law banning the sale of &quot;obscene devices&quot; was overturned in court.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>301</score><crdate>2/15/2008 3:15:36 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-15T03:15:36+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>68699</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/68699/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The foot bone's connected to the...]]></title><description><![CDATA[ankle?   Not if you live in Texas. <br/><br/>In the newest way to increase revenue, texas orthopedics (bone doctors) have sued to prevent podiatrists (foot doctors) from treating any aliments above the heel. And they won, the ankle no longer exists in texas.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>179</score><crdate>7/14/2008 11:48:07 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-14T11:48:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>33730</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/33730/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Sprawling spider web engulfs Texas park trail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>222</score><crdate>8/30/2007 8:33:59 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-30T08:33:59+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>12462</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12462/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Hardcore Molesters to Face Death Penalty in Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Repeat sex offenders &#1089;ould be sentenced to death in Texas after the bill named Jessica's Law was approved this week by Texas House of Representatives.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>57</score><crdate>3/7/2007 8:45:09 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-07T08:45:09+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>76033</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/76033/1/</url><title><![CDATA['Catastrophic' storm hits Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hurricane Ike has made landfall on the Gulf coast of Texas, where it is expected to cause &quot;potentially catastrophic&quot; flooding and damage.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>31</score><crdate>9/13/2008 5:52:29 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-13T05:52:29+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>24505</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/24505/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Car hits child. Bystanders start to attack driver. Passenger intervenes. Crowd kills passenger. Yes, it's Texas ]]></title><description><![CDATA[One injured child and one dead passenger. Texas street justice in action.]]></description><comments>9</comments><score>125</score><crdate>6/20/2007 1:37:21 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-06-20T13:37:21+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>62105</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62105/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Video: Plane lands on top of another at Texas airport]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was the amazing scene at a Texas airport today after a plane trying to land ended up touching down on top of another plane waiting to take-off.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>311</score><crdate>5/16/2008 12:38:13 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-16T12:38:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>50735</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/50735/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Texas Mayor in Mess Over Shih Tzu Theft]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grace Saenz-Lopez was forced to quit her job as Mayor of Alice, Texas, for keeping her neighbor&#8217;s dog, but insists it was a rescue.<br/><br/>*Pic unrelated.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>209</score><crdate>2/15/2008 11:49:28 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-15T11:49:28+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>29971</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29971/1/</url><title><![CDATA[&quot;One State, Under God.&quot;  Texas adds four new words to state pledge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Texas students will have four more words to remember when they head back to class this month and begin reciting the state's pledge of allegiance.]]></description><comments>27</comments><score>153</score><crdate>8/2/2007 5:19:40 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-02T17:19:40+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>47503</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/47503/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Texas Is No. 1 Carbon Polluter In U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The headquarters state of America's oil industry spewed 670 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in 2003, enough that Texas would rank seventh in the world if it were its own country, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>255</score><crdate>1/16/2008 9:04:33 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-16T21:04:33+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1445</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/1445/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Last year's worst pass defence meets last year's best pass offense.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Texas A &amp; M's easy 4-0 record meets it's first real test Saturday against the Red Raiders.  Fireworks expected.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>-5</score><crdate>9/28/2006 10:21:49 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-28T10:21:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>69279</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/69279/1/</url><title><![CDATA[5,000 gallons of molasses spill on Texas highway]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sticky mess has been cleaned up after an overturned tanker truck poured 5,000 gallons of molasses onto a major Texas highway.<br/><br/><i>Now THAT is what I call a &quot;sticky&quot; situation </i>]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>712</score><crdate>7/19/2008 12:32:10 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-19T12:32:10+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>70893</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/70893/1/</url><title><![CDATA[A gimme for texas troopers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Snoop Dogg's tour bus was pulled over in Texas, two fall guys fall for posession.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>107</score><crdate>8/1/2008 10:51:48 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-01T10:51:48+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>