need start point for getting html info from web

[nephish at xit.net]

hey there,

i have a small app that i am going to need to get information from a
few tables on different websites. i have looked at urllib and httplib.
the sites i need to get data from mostly have this data in tables. So
that, i think would make it easier. Anyone suggest a good starting
point for me to find out how to do this, or know of a link to a good
how-to?
thanks,
sk