require 'rexml/document'
require 'open-uri'
include REXML

doc = Document.new open('http://perlmonks.org/?node=new+chatterbox+xml+ticker')

doc.elements.each_element('//message') do |m|
  elem = m.elements
  puts elem['author'].text + ' said: ' + elem['text'].text
  puts "\n" + '-' * 27
end