Parse xml file and populate form fields with data from that xml file?

I have a simple xml file (which I create dynamically on the server using ColdFusion's CFFILE write function) that I would like to parse, and then populate form fields with. So far, I've tried using things like xmlParse(), cffile, and cfhttp, and so far, all I get is the meaningless jibberish "coldfusion.xml.XmlNodeList@cb5398" (or some variation thereof) when trying to cfoutput the parsed data.  

This is my XML file:  http://area208.ideasdesigninc.com/ticker/ticker.xml

Question: Does this xml file look malformed?  What are those little hyphen looking things?  Spaces?  If so, could those be interfering with the parsing somehow and resulting in the "coldfusion.xml.XmlNodeList@cb5398" jibberish? Do those need to be TABs instead of spaces?  And does the indentation of the different nodes need to be specific based on the child/parent relationships?

Assuming that I am going about this all wrong, .. what would be the proper way to do the following:

1) create the xml file on the server using coldfusion
2) parse the xml file on the server using coldfusion
3) populate a web form with the parsed data that was retrieved from the xml file

The specific XML file structure that I need to adhere to is as follows.  Thanks!

- Yvan

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<?xml version="1.0"?>

<ticker>

    <topic>

      <text><![CDATA[<b>HTML text one</b>]]></text>
      <image>icon1.gif</image>

    </topic>

    <topic>

      <text><![CDATA[<b>HTML text two</b>]]></text>
      <image>icon2.gif</image>

    </topic>

    <topic>

      <text><![CDATA[<b>HTML text three</b>]]></text>
      <image>icon3.gif</image>

    </topic>
    <topic>

      <text><![CDATA[<b>HTML text four</b>]]></text>
      <image>icon4.gif</image>

    </topic>
    <topic>

      <text><![CDATA[<b>HTML text five</b>]]></text>
      <image>icon5.gif</image>

    </topic>

</ticker>

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