<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Dog-Tire(d)! : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/</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>52537</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/52537/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Dog-Tire(d)!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A mail carrier was trapped inside her car for nearly two hours after dogs attacked her tires, flattening three of them.]]></description><comments>15</comments><score>359</score><crdate>2/29/2008 10:14:53 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-29T10:14:53+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>36785</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36785/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Tires Can Now Self-Generate]]></title><description><![CDATA[People can go for a long time without worrying about tires, and now thanks to Michelin, they can go even longer. But these tires don't just last longer, they actually regenerate themselves.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>88</score><crdate>9/26/2007 10:51:55 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-26T10:51:55+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>4962</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/4962/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Mail carrier attacked by squirrel]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;It was a freak thing. It was traumatic,&quot; Dougherty told The Derrick in Oil City. &quot;I saw it there on the porch, put the mail in the box and turned to walk away and it jumped on me.&quot;]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>29</score><crdate>11/1/2006 4:53:52 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-11-01T16:53:52+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>51661</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51661/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Homeowner sued after woman delivering junk mail claims she injured her hand in letterbox]]></title><description><![CDATA[Junk mail rarely brings you something you want, but for one homeowner it has led to a lawsuit landing on his doormat. Paul O'Brien is being sued by a woman who says she trapped her hand in his letterbox while posting mail. Joy Goodman, a cake decorator in her late 40s, is seeking damages for personal injury and loss of earnings.]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>471</score><crdate>2/22/2008 4:42:07 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-22T04:42:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>68951</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/68951/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Aged Tires are Driving Hazard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even tires have a shelf life. How old are the tires on your car? If they are older (since the time of production) than 6 years, it might be an invitation for accidents.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>85</score><crdate>7/16/2008 12:31:51 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-16T12:31:51+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>25751</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/25751/1/</url><title><![CDATA[How many flawed imported tires are on the roads? How dangerous are they?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This lawyer says there are millions of unsafe Chinese-made tires on vehicles in the United States. His lawsuit says the tires killed two men when a blowout caused a van to roll over.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>5</score><crdate>6/30/2007 6:38:03 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-06-30T06:38:03+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>612</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/612/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Woman Slashes Officer's Tires By Accident]]></title><description><![CDATA[She meant to slash the tires of her husbands car because he was unfaithful.  Instead, she vandalized a local police officer's truck.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>10</score><crdate>9/20/2006 3:39:47 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-20T15:39:47+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>11700</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11700/1/</url><title><![CDATA[In fit of &quot;road rage&quot;, Woman tries to shoot out tires of tailgater.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman who told authorities she was fed up with tailgaters pulled out a gun and shot at the tires of a pickup that got too close.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>34</score><crdate>2/26/2007 9:25:21 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-26T21:25:21+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>17293</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/17293/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Miss America 1944 Shoots tires out of intruder's car]]></title><description><![CDATA[Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage: She fired a handgun to shoot out a vehicle's tires and stop an intruder.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>83</score><crdate>4/20/2007 11:24:16 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-20T23:24:16+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>10866</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10866/1/</url><title><![CDATA[3 GB of GMail love: no more sign-up restrictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting Feb. 14, Google removed the requirement to enter a mobile phone number capable of receiving SMS messages, or being invited by an existing user.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>30</score><crdate>2/15/2007 6:16:51 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-15T18:16:51+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>13369</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/13369/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Guerrilla Mail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guerrilla Mail provides you with disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 minutes. You can read and reply to e-mails that are sent to the temporary e-mail address within the given time frame.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>-6</score><crdate>3/16/2007 2:09:56 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-16T14:09:56+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>37932</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37932/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Man trapped in store uses blood to escape]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man who found himself trapped inside a store recently in Malmo, Sweden, eventually escaped by writing messages on the window in his own blood.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>296</score><crdate>10/10/2007 11:21:14 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-10T23:21:14+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>9425</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/9425/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Introducing P-Mail: Paper based e-mail]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's just like e-mail, only slower and costlier. Simply print out a template, write with actual ink on it, and send by post!]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>165</score><crdate>1/23/2007 12:56:28 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-01-23T12:56:28+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>48234</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/48234/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Polish mail slower than snail]]></title><description><![CDATA[An IT worker, after receiving a letter on January 3 that was sent on December 20 as priority mail, calculated that a snail would have made it even faster to his home than the letter. His boss was unavailable for comment.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>128</score><crdate>1/24/2008 10:55:43 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-24T10:55:43+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>62107</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62107/1/</url><title><![CDATA[See thru tires---No Kidding!!!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tires with no air.]]></description><comments>17</comments><score>433</score><crdate>5/16/2008 12:55:22 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-16T12:55:22+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59310</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/59310/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Amazing Recycled Architecture (PICS)]]></title><description><![CDATA[To celebrate Earth Day, here's an interesting collection of houses from phone books, tires, etc.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>63</score><crdate>4/22/2008 3:14:31 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-22T15:14:31+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>