XDocument xmlStories = XDocument.Parse(xmlContent);

XNamespace digg = "http://digg.com/docs/diggrss/";

XNamespace media = "http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/";

var stories = from story in xmlStories.Descendants("item")

              where story.Element(media + "thumbnail") != null &&

                    story.Element(media + "thumbnail").Attribute("url") != null &&

                    story.Element(media + "thumbnail").Attribute("url").Value.EndsWith(".jpg")

              select new DiggStory

              {

                  //Id = (int)story.Attribute("id"),

                  Title = ((string)story.Element("title")).Trim(),

                  Description = Regex.Replace(((string)story.Element("description")).Trim(), @"<(.[^>]*)>", "", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase),

                  ThumbNail = (string)story.Element(media + "thumbnail").Attribute("url"),

                  HrefLink = new Uri((string)story.Element("link")),

                  NumDiggs = (int)story.Element(digg + "diggCount"),

                  UserName = (string)story.Element(digg + "submitter").Element(digg + "username"),

              };