The solution I was looking for was something like:

tc_url = "http://www.yahoo.com"
lo_xml_request = CREATEOBJECT("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
lo_xml_request.open("POST", tc_url, .f.)
lo_xml_request.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","text/html")
lo_xml_request.send(tc_url)
lc_response = lo_xml_request.responseText

Thank you all for your assistance. I appreciate the memory joggers!