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HorseNews is an IRC news bot written in Python that updates the channel with news related to horses. Some argue that the malware bundled with KaZaA is more useful than HorseNews. Judging by the logs below it seems that HorseNews was probably created by a baby with Klinefelter's syndrome. There are estimated to be 5 people, worldwide, that are interested in horse-related news and have the internet. 6 of those 5 people use Google News search instead of HorseNews.
The bot uses an RSS feed parser and an IRC client library. The RSS feed parser checks Google news every minute for new horse related stories. If any story that appears in the RSS feed is not present in HorseNews' cache, the link and title of the news story will be messaged to the channel(s) configured in the bot.
In addition to up-to-the-minute updates on breaking horse news, the bot also works on demand. If a user messages the channel with "!horse", HorseNews will post the last 10 horse news headlines to the channel. Each headline will be prefixed with a digit from 0 to 9. If a user wants to read more about a story, they can message the channel with !horse [digit] and then HorseNews will message the channel with the URL.
Thank God for HorseNews
Jan 04 18:37:47 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.wral.com/news/strange/story/1126742/ Jan 04 18:42:49 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070104/APA/701043550 Jan 04 18:47:50 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2771680 Jan 04 18:47:50 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery -> http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/weird_news/16384907.htm Jan 04 18:52:51 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/01/04/national/a151837S81.DTL Jan 04 18:57:52 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery -> http://www.localnewswatch.com/jordanfalls/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=40034 Jan 04 19:02:53 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery - KSL-TV -> http://www.ksl.com/?nid=333&sid=777471 Jan 04 19:02:53 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery - The Jackson Citizen-Patriot -> http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-7/1167953055301140.xml&storylist=national Jan 04 19:07:55 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/01/04/ap/strange/d8meomt81.txt Jan 04 19:12:59 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery -> http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/01/04/1870s_dead_horse_photo_sparks_mystery Jan 04 19:18:00 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery - Pioneer Times-Journal -> http://www.onelocalnews.com/pioneertimesjournal/ViewArticle.aspx?id=40034&source=2 Jan 04 19:18:00 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/01/04/ap/strange/d8meomt81.txt Jan 04 19:23:01 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery -> http://www.denverpost.com/watercooler/ci_4951130 Jan 04 19:33:05 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2007/01/04/ap/strange/d8meomt81.txt Jan 04 20:05:45 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/04/ap/strange/mainD8MEOMT81.shtml Jan 04 20:30:50 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=456&sid=1023480 Jan 04 20:55:59 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery -> http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/16384907.htm Jan 04 21:01:00 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery -> http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/16384907.htm Jan 04 21:09:21 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader -> http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/16384907.htm Jan 04 21:19:24 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery -> http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/16384907.htm Jan 04 21:24:25 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/04/AR2007010401317.html Jan 04 21:29:26 <HorseNews> 1870s photo of man on dead horse sparks national humor -> http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=5894201 Jan 04 22:42:28 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2007/01/04/ap/strange/d8meomt81.txt Jan 04 22:47:32 <HorseNews> 1870s Photo Of Man On Dead Horse Sparks National Interest -> http://www.channel3000.com/news/10674336/detail.html Jan 04 23:12:44 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8MEOMT81&apc=9024 Jan 05 01:41:22 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/01/05/ap/strange/d8meomt81.txt Jan 05 02:10:13 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery -> http://www.localnewswatch.com/benton/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=40125 Jan 05 02:15:43 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery - Pioneer Times-Journal -> http://www.onelocalnews.com/pioneertimesjournal/ViewArticle.aspx?id=40125&source=2 Jan 05 02:19:35 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery -> http://www.localnewsleader.com/brocktown/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=40125 Jan 05 02:22:03 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery -> http://www.newsone.ca/hinesbergjournal/ViewArticle.aspx?id=40125&source=2 Jan 05 02:32:05 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/01/05/ap/strange/d8meomt81.txt Jan 05 03:27:51 <HorseNews> 1870s dead horse photo sparks mystery -> http://www.tri-cityherald.com/24hour/weird/story/3463981p-12676288c.html Jan 05 03:32:52 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2007/01/05/ap/strange/d8meomt81.txt Jan 05 04:48:14 <HorseNews> Photo of a man on a dead horse from the 1870s sparks national ... -> http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/05/america/NA_GEN_US_Dead_Horse.php Jan 05 05:57:57 <HorseNews> Photo of a man on a dead horse from the 1870s sparks national ... - Asheville Citizen-Times -> http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770105010 Jan 05 06:23:58 <HorseNews> Photo of a man on a dead horse from the 1870s sparks national interest -> http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=328464&Category=18 Jan 05 08:38:56 <HorseNews> 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery -> http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=8605 Jan 05 08:52:06 <HorseNews> 1870s photo of man on dead horse sparks national humor -> http://www.chippewa.com/articles/2007/01/05/ap-state-wi/d8mendeg3.txt Jan 05 10:45:59 <HorseNews> Photo of a man on a dead horse from the 1870s sparks national ... -> http://www.komotv.com/news/national/5098431.html Jan 05 11:16:07 <HorseNews> Photo of a man on a dead horse from the 1870s sparks national ... -> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20070105-0037-deadhorse.html Jan 05 23:33:49 <HorseNews> PHOTO OF A MAN ON A DEAD HORSE FROM THE 1870S SPARKS INTEREST ... -> http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3615312 Jan 05 23:53:54 <HorseNews> Photo of a man on a dead horse from the 1870s sparks national ... -> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20070105-0037-deadhorse.html
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