Bug:

• If (as would be typical) you include the feed in a column on a blog-like page, you want the feed output to stay within the designated width of that column. But if the feed contains a word that cannot be broken (e.g. a URL), this will push out the column width.
• Solution: No descriptions (desc=0) for feeds whose descriptions may contain a URL.

• You can host the script yourself so you are not dependent on any portal site.
• Or you can write your own PHP script to process RSS. See PHP scripts to process RSS (also here).