LWP::UserAgent->get() returns a HTTP::Response object. Check out the documentation for that class; you probably want the ->content() or ->decoded_content() method.

EDIT: you're welcome! *tips hat*

And just BTW, it's usually better to reply than to edit your original post (or only edit your original post, anyway), since only the former will cause a notification to be sent to the person you're replying to. I almost missed the update to your post -- only saw it by chance, really!