I use XML::Parser to parse the RSS files from some news related sites (theres lot's of 'em).
Then I use ViaVoiceOutloud for Linux (located somewhere deep inside ibm.com) to speech- synthesize a wakeup message that includes the morning news headlines.
By the way, there is a GREAT article about RSS and perl at www.perl.com. Check it out.

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RE: Good Morning, sunshine
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 06, 2000 at 22:33 UTC
    you are obviously quite insane, very clever, but quite insane.
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RE: Good Morning, sunshine
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 05, 2000 at 01:26 UTC
    can you please either post the code or send it to me? I think this is a GREAT IDEA!
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      yes, please do post that code. very very neat.
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