module Hpricot

def self.uxs(str)

incorrectly.
Monkeypatch to fix an Hpricot bug that causes HTML entities to be decoded 
def self.uxs(str)
  str.to_s.
    gsub(/&(\w+);/) { [Hpricot::NamedCharacters[$1] || ??].pack("U*") }.
    gsub(/\&\#(\d+);/) { [$1.to_i].pack("U*") }
end