Little Snitch catches SyndicationAgent.app

HI all,
Simple question, maybe. I recently updated (yesterday) from 10.3.9 to 10.4.3, and now to X 4.4, and I use "LIttle Snitch" to keep an eye on what applications call home. Do any of you know what SyndicationAgent .app does? It calls out about 2 times an hour and I don't like that level of contact to any place I don't know. So do any of you know what that app does? Jim

It looks like an RSS utility for Safari.
http://developer.apple.com/releasenotes/InternetWeb/SafariRSS.html

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