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You're using HTTP 1.1, which will use persistent connections, so the
connection won't close after the first get.  Also, the server will
typically use a chunked content type, which is more fun to parse.  I
*highly* recommend using LWP, but if you really want to roll your own
you'll need to read the HTTP 1.1 RFC in depth:
<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html";>http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html</a>.

Another option is to use HTTP 1.0 instead.  It is *much* easier to
parse, but I wouldn't recommend using.  HTTP 1.1 is required for named
virtual hosts, for one thing, so you might not even be able to use HTTP
1.0.  And even if you can, the server you're using might suddenly stop
supporting 1.0 one day (slashdot did this not too long ago; broke a
script I had written).

HTH,
Jason
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