You're trying to access a resource on a remote domain with an XmlHttpRequest, which is by default blocked for security reasons by the Same Origin Policy . You are indeed making the request, but your response will be null ...that's what the SOP does, it's a rule the browser follows blocking any content from reaching your JavaScript.
I may be missing something here, but it sounds like you're looking for the load method in jquery: http://api.jquery.com/load.
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