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XML News Feeds

The news feeds found on this site are a result of the generosity of organizations like Yahoo and The New York Times, who offer regularly-updated content in the form of XML news feeds.

A sample XML news feed, which is also called an RSS feed, can be found here: Yahoo! News: Technology News.

The best features of news feeds are that they are free, updated often, and flexible. The flexibility comes from the fact that the information contained in the XML file can be styled to look any way desired, and not all of the information contained in the XML file needs to be displayed.

The ability to style and to determine what info is displayed is achieved through the use of an XSL style sheet to transform the data found in the XML file into an HTML page that is viewable in a web browser.

For this site, which is hosted on an ASP.NET server, the XSL transformation of the XML file into HTML is done on the server, however, the latest versions of web browsers can do this transformation on the client side.

News from Yahoo:  

Keys residents weigh evacuation, Gulf Coast next? (AP)

In this satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Ike is seen moving across the Atlantic Ocean as Tropical Storm Hanna bears down on the US on September 5, 2008. Tropical Storm Hanna barreled across the southeastern United States, battering the coast with waves, rain and wind and prompting thousands of people to seek refuge inland.(AFP/NOAA/File)AP - With powerful Hurricane Ike still hundreds of miles away and on an uncertain course, residents on these low-lying islands weighed evacuation orders Sunday, perhaps a hint that Gulf Coast residents as far away as Texas and New Orleans may be not heed similar calls to leave.
AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents (AP)

Irving Shaffino, 15, poses with his mother Guadalupe Shaffino in Shallowater, Texas, July 16, 2008. Irving developed liver disease and had a liver transplant in July of 2007. (AP Photo/Zach Long)AP - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.
Hanna rolls into Connecticut with heavy rain (AP)

A lone boatman heads into a protective cove in Bridgport, Conn. Saturday, Sept. 5, 2008 as sailboats are secured for Tropical Storm Hanna. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)AP - Tropical Storm Hanna rolled into Connecticut on Sunday, bringing heavy rain, wind gusts and oppressive humidity.
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