Here's a slightly simpler version that I whipped up in a few minutes, requiring XML::RSS and Template as well as LWP: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w 
use strict; 
 
my $SLASHCACHE = "/Users/merlyn/slashdot.rdf"; 
 
use LWP::Simple; 
use Template; 
 
mirror("http://slashdot.org/slashdot.rdf", $SLASHCACHE); 
 
my $t = Template->new; 
$t->process(\*DATA, { slashcache => $SLASHCACHE} ) or die $t->error; 
__END__ 
=== 
Here's the news: 
 
[% USE news = XML.RSS(slashcache); 
  FOREACH item = news.items; 
    LAST IF loop.count > 10; -%] 
  [% loop.count %]: [% item.title %] 
    at [% item.link %] 
[% END -%] 
===

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