URL parsing

More URL parsing woes:

http://dailynews.netscape.com/dailynews/offbeat: stuff
http://dailynews.netscape.com/dailynews/offbeat stuff

The colon screws it up.

I believe the culprit behind this is.....Smiley's.
Not sure....needs further research.

(http://dailynews.netscape.com/dailynews/offbeat:)