gistfile1.py

import string
 
with open('somefile.txt', 'r') as infile:
    fread = infile.readlines()
d = {}
for x in fread:
    if "\xe2\x80\xa2 " in x:
        x = x.strip()
        val = x.split("\xe2\x80\xa2 ")
        d[value].append(val[1])
    else:
        val = x.strip()
        d[val] = []
        value = val

print d

Thanks for your help! I ended up using a bunch of list comprehensions to get it where I wanted.