I am trying to get the html for this link http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=rss&content_type=rss&orderby=createtime&fhfilter="home:vamsivanka"

 Dim myRequest As WebRequest
    Dim myResponse As WebResponse
    Try
        myRequest = System.Net.WebRequest.Create(url)
        myRequest.Timeout = 10000
        myResponse = myRequest.GetResponse()
        Dim rssStream As Stream = myResponse.GetResponseStream()
        Dim rssDoc As New XmlDocument()
        rssDoc.Load(rssStream)
    Catch ex As Exception

    End Try

But the rssDoc.Load is giving me an error '--' is an unexpected token. The expected token is '>'. Line 81, position 5.

Please Let me know your suggestions.