the getPage cal runs on your server and produces html - so it not the call that is at fault but the html produced that is the problem and therefore likely to be the fault of the 'html bits' i.e. the recent_right template or maybe a TV that produces some html.
Is the html valid - I seem to be noticing that later versions of IE are not as forgiving of incorrect html as Safari or Firefox (this is not a bad thing IMHO) so missing a closing tag, or incorrectly nested tags or...
posting recent_right, or a link to the site might help someone to help you if my suggestions do not help.
by the way, its only explorer that locks up/crashes. firefox and safari seems to be ok
line 8 - you are missing closing tags: a </a> and a </span>
Also I would not use <u> tags - they are deprecated, I would underline things using css. They should not cause IE to choke though, the unclosed link and span tags might give IE a problem (they should give Safari and Firefox problems really)