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RSS feed scraping with Python
from urllib import urlopen
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
import re

source  = urlopen('http://feeds.huffingtonpost.com/huffingtonpost/raw_feed').read()

title = re.compile('<title>(.*)</title>')
link = re.compile('<link>(.*)</link>')

find_title = re.findall(title, source)
find_link = re.findall(link, source)

literate = []
literate[:] = range(1, 16)

for i in literate:
    print find_title[i]
    print find_link[i]

>>> link = re.compile('<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href=(.*)')
>>> find_link = re.findall(link, source)
>>> find_link[1].strip()
'"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-brandt/the-peyton-predicament-pa_b_1271834.html" />'
>>> len(find_link)
15
>>>

#!/usr/bin/env python
import feedparser # pip install feedparser

d = feedparser.parse('http://feeds.huffingtonpost.com/huffingtonpost/latestnews')
# .. skipped handling http errors, cacheing ..

for e in d.entries:
    print(e.title)
    print(e.link)
    print(e.description)
    print("n") # 2 newlines

Even Critics Of Safety Net Increasingly Depend On It
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/12/safety-net-benefits_n_1271867.html
<p>Ki Gulbranson owns a logo apparel shop, deals in
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Christopher Cain, Atlanta Anti-Gay Attack Suspect, Arrested And
Charged With Aggravated Assault And Robbery
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/12/atlanta-anti-gay-suspect-christopher-cain-arrested_n_1271811.html
<p>ATLANTA -- Atlanta police have arrested a suspect
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