I also have a crash at sturtup. This is with Akregator 3.5.5 on Gentoo Linux. Here is the backtrace:

Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1244051760 (LWP 1558)]
[KCrash handler]
#6  c4_Column::PullValue (ptr_=@0xbfc4b634) at column.cpp:777
#7  0xb5967b73 in c4_FormatV::SetupAllSubviews (this=0x85bdbb8)
    at format.cpp:1026
#8  0xb59681ee in c4_FormatV::Get (this=0x85bdbb8, index_=0, 
    length_=@0xbfc4b69c) at format.cpp:1096
#9  0xb596b790 in c4_Handler::GetBytes (this=0x85bdbb8, index_=0, 
    buf_=@0xbfc4b710, copySmall_=false) at handler.cpp:58
#10 0xb597b237 in c4_Sequence::Get (this=0x85be370, index_=0, propId_=35, 
    buf_=@0xbfc4b710) at viewx.cpp:356
#11 0xb596fb4a in c4_Reference::GetData (this=0xbfc4b74c, buf_=@0xbfc4b710)
    at ./../include/mk4.inl:421
#12 0xb597aab7 in c4_ViewRef::operator c4_View (this=0xbfc4b74c)
    at viewx.cpp:643
#13 0xb5974e15 in c4_Storage::Description (this=0x855eea0, 
    name_=0xb4f0046a "articles") at store.cpp:360
#14 0xb597504d in c4_Storage::GetAs (this=0x855eea0, 
    description_=0xb5993924 "articles[guid:S,title:S,hash:I,guidIsHash:I,guidIsPermaLink:I,description:S,link:S,comments:I,commentsLink:S,status:I,pubDate:I,tags[tag:S],hasEnclosure:I,enclosureUrl:S,enclosureType:S,enclosureLengt"...)
    at store.cpp:279
#15 0xb5955279 in FeedStorageMK4Impl (this=0x85bdf70, url=@0x85bde00, 
    main=0x8091458) at feedstoragemk4impl.cpp:156
#16 0xb5958e7a in Akregator::Backend::StorageMK4Impl::archiveFor (
    this=0x8091458, url=@0x85bde00) at storagemk4impl.cpp:278
#17 0xb7f7b2e7 in Akregator::Feed::loadArticles (this=0x85bdd98)
    at feed.cpp:221
#18 0xb7f7c14a in Akregator::Feed::fromOPML (e=@0xbfc4bb84) at feed.cpp:165
#19 0xb7f878ba in Akregator::FeedList::parseChildNodes (this=0x82436d8, 
    node=@0xbfc4bbf4, parent=0x85bc180) at feedlist.cpp:117
#20 0xb7f8784d in Akregator::FeedList::parseChildNodes (this=0x82436d8, 
    node=@0xbfc4bd0c, parent=0x82435c0) at feedlist.cpp:135
#21 0xb7f87d74 in Akregator::FeedList::readFromXML (this=0x82436d8, 
    doc=@0xbfc4bebc) at feedlist.cpp:175
#22 0xb5b625fc in Akregator::View::loadFeeds (this=0x8093cf8, 
    doc=@0xbfc4bebc, parent=0x0) at akregator_view.cpp:541
#23 0xb5b59a22 in Akregator::Part::openFile (this=0x812db68)
    at akregator_part.cpp:443
#24 0xb5b56b94 in Akregator::Part::openURL (this=0x812db68, url=@0xbfc4bf84)
    at akregator_part.cpp:332
#25 0xb5b59fd2 in Akregator::Part::openStandardFeedList (this=0x812db68)
    at akregator_part.cpp:337
#26 0xb5b6c156 in Akregator::AkregatorPartIface::process (this=0x812dc14, 
    fun=@0xbfc4c224, data=@0xbfc4c25c, replyType=@0xbfc4c1b4, 
    replyData=@0xbfc4c1ac) at akregator_partiface_skel.cpp:39
#27 0xb6dd1fa8 in DCOPClient::receive (this=0x8063c38, objId=@0xbfc4c2a4, 
    fun=@0xbfc4c224, data=@0xbfc4c25c, replyType=@0xbfc4c1b4, 
    replyData=@0xbfc4c1ac) at dcopclient.cpp:1640
#28 0xb6dd27ee in DCOPClient::send (this=0x8063c38, remApp=@0xbfc4c29c, 
    remObjId=@0xbfc4c2a4, remFun=@0xbfc4c224, data=@0xbfc4c25c)
    at dcopclient.cpp:1060
#29 0xb6dcba03 in DCOPRef::sendInternal (this=0xbfc4c29c, fun=@0xbfc4c2c8, 
    args=@0xbfc4c264, data=@0xbfc4c25c) at dcopref.cpp:102
#30 0x080519a7 in DCOPRef::send (this=0xbfc4c29c, fun=@0xbfc4c2c8)
    at /usr/kde/3.5/include/dcopref.h:1118
#31 0x080513be in Akregator::Application::newInstance (this=0xbfc4ca80)
    at main.cpp:65
#32 0xb6f1c553 in KUniqueApplication::processDelayed (this=0xbfc4ca80)
    at kuniqueapplication.cpp:444
#33 0xb6f1c6d8 in KUniqueApplication::qt_invoke (this=0xbfc4ca80, _id=18, 
    _o=0xbfc4c458) at kuniqueapplication.moc:86
#34 0xb66fb1f3 in QObject::activate_signal (this=0x80e18f8, clist=0x80dc7f8, 
    o=0xbfc4c458) at kernel/qobject.cpp:2356
#35 0xb6af82e7 in QSignal::signal (this=0x80e18f8, t0=@0x80e1920)
    at .moc/debug-shared-mt/moc_qsignal.cpp:100
#36 0xb671f47b in QSignal::activate (this=0x80e18f8) at kernel/qsignal.cpp:212
#37 0xb672966c in QSingleShotTimer::event (this=0x80e18d0)
    at kernel/qtimer.cpp:286
#38 0xb6686923 in QApplication::internalNotify (this=0xbfc4ca80, 
    receiver=0x80e18d0, e=0xbfc4c7f8) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:2635
#39 0xb668889b in QApplication::notify (this=0xbfc4ca80, receiver=0x80e18d0, 
    e=0xbfc4c7f8) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:2358
#40 0xb6e7d1b2 in KApplication::notify (this=0xbfc4ca80, receiver=0x80e18d0, 
    event=0xbfc4c7f8) at kapplication.cpp:550
#41 0xb6610b1f in QApplication::sendEvent (receiver=0x80e18d0, 
    event=0xbfc4c7f8) at ../include/qapplication.h:496
#42 0xb6677738 in QEventLoop::activateTimers (this=0x80863c0)
    at kernel/qeventloop_unix.cpp:556
#43 0xb66270bb in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=0x80863c0, flags=4)
    at kernel/qeventloop_x11.cpp:389
#44 0xb66a493d in QEventLoop::enterLoop (this=0x80863c0)
    at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:198
#45 0xb66a475e in QEventLoop::exec (this=0x80863c0)
    at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:145
#46 0xb66885e7 in QApplication::exec (this=0xbfc4ca80)
    at kernel/qapplication.cpp:2758
#47 0x080510a8 in main (argc=) at main.cpp:110

Should I send the compressed folder of Akregator?