I just figured out what I was doing wrong.
I was using the url/path with the YOURNAME & PASSWORD
as the link in the .ixl -- instead of using what I got from after I logged into Yahoo! (ex.
http://pg1.yahoo.com/raw?dp=news)
If this wasn't in the instructions, and I suspect it was but I am often accused of doing and not reading
perhaps others can be instructed by my mistake.
Off to read Yahoo!