diff --git a/src/calibre/__init__.py b/src/calibre/__init__.py
index 7d44bef8f7..28ae96d32f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/__init__.py
@@ -378,7 +378,13 @@ def strftime(fmt, t=time.localtime()):
             fmt = fmt.encode('mbcs')
         return plugins['winutil'][0].strftime(fmt, t)
     return time.strftime(fmt, t).decode(preferred_encoding, 'replace')
-    
+
+def my_unichr(num):
+    try:
+        unichr(num)
+    except ValueError:
+        return u'?'
+
 def entity_to_unicode(match, exceptions=[], encoding='cp1252'):
     '''
     @param match: A match object such that '&'+match.group(1)';' is the entity.
@@ -394,7 +400,7 @@ def entity_to_unicode(match, exceptions=[], encoding='cp1252'):
     if ent.startswith(u'#x'):
         num = int(ent[2:], 16)
         if encoding is None or num > 255:
-            return unichr(num)
+            return my_unichr(num)
         return chr(num).decode(encoding)
     if ent.startswith(u'#'):
         try:
@@ -402,13 +408,13 @@ def entity_to_unicode(match, exceptions=[], encoding='cp1252'):
         except ValueError:
             return '&'+ent+';'
         if encoding is None or num > 255:
-            return unichr(num)
+            return my_unichr(num)
         try:
             return chr(num).decode(encoding)
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
-            return unichr(num)
+            return my_unichr(num)
     try:
-        return unichr(name2codepoint[ent])
+        return my_unichr(name2codepoint[ent])
     except KeyError:
         return '&'+ent+';'
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/time_magazine.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/time_magazine.py
index 83fe4ab2dc..3d28bc39ce 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/time_magazine.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/time_magazine.py
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ class Time(BasicNewsRecipe):
     description           = 'Weekly magazine'    
     oldest_article        = 7
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
-    no_stylesheets        = False
+    no_stylesheets        = True
     use_embedded_content  = False
     
     #cover_url = 'http://img.timeinc.net/time/rd/trunk/www/web/feds/i/logo_time_home.gif'
     
     keep_only_tags = [dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'tout1'})]
+    remove_tags    = [dict(name='ul', attrs={'class':['button', 'find']})]
 
     feeds          = [
                        (u'Top Stories', u'http://feedproxy.google.com/time/topstories')