load custom xml as2

[dave]

I am trying to load a custom non rss feed xml into a widget that
provides data for the widget. Unfortunetly this is in as2 so I am
using the as2 mxp. I know how to pull rss feeds but cant seem to get
it to parse my custom xml.
this is what my xml looks like. Any suggestions or help would be
great.
<top>
<item name="suzan" age = "23" >
<link>http://news.google.com/</link>
<story> some text bla bla bla </story>
</item>
<item name="bob" age = "29" >
<link>http://news.google.com/</link>
<story> some text bla bla bla </story>
</item>
</top>