diff --git a/resources/recipes/winnipeg_sun.recipe b/resources/recipes/winnipeg_sun.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe611b8d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/recipes/winnipeg_sun.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class AdvancedUserRecipe1277647803(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title          = u'Winnipeg Sun'
+    __author__            = 'rty'
+    __version__            = '1.0'
+    oldest_article = 2
+    pubisher  = 'www.winnipegsun.com'
+    description           = 'Winnipeg Newspaper'
+    category              = 'News, Winnipeg, Canada'
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    no_stylesheets        = True
+    encoding              = 'UTF-8'
+    remove_javascript     = True
+    use_embedded_content  = False
+    language = 'en_CA'
+    feeds          = [
+	(u'News', u'http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/rss.xml'),
+	(u'Columnists', u'http://www.winnipegsun.com/columnists/rss.xml'),
+	(u'Editorial', u'http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/editorial/rss.xml'),
+	(u'Entertainments', u'http://www.winnipegsun.com/entertainment/rss.xml'),
+	(u'Life', u'http://www.winnipegsun.com/life/rss.xml'),
+	(u'Money', u'http://www.winnipegsun.com/money/rss.xml')
+	]
+    keep_only_tags = [
+                              dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'article'}),
+                              ]
+    remove_tags = [
+           	dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['leftBox','bottomBox clear']}),
+    	dict(name='ul', attrs={'class':'tabs dl contentSwap'}),
+           	dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'commentsBottom'}),
+                      ]
+    remove_tags_after = [
+                             dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'bottomBox clear'})
+                           ]
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/kobo/books.py b/src/calibre/devices/kobo/books.py
index 0389b266f2..781562d091 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/kobo/books.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/kobo/books.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from calibre import isbytestring
 
 class Book(MetaInformation):
 
-    BOOK_ATTRS = ['lpath', 'size', 'mime', 'device_collections']
+    BOOK_ATTRS = ['lpath', 'size', 'mime', 'device_collections', '_new_book']
 
     JSON_ATTRS = [
         'lpath', 'title', 'authors', 'mime', 'size', 'tags', 'author_sort',
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Book(MetaInformation):
 
         MetaInformation.__init__(self, '')
         self.device_collections = []
+        self._new_book = False
 
         self.path = os.path.join(prefix, lpath)
         if os.sep == '\\':
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/usbms/books.py b/src/calibre/devices/usbms/books.py
index 5c9a91fc18..0f5c848c1a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/usbms/books.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/usbms/books.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class CollectionsBookList(BookList):
             # The default: leave the book in all existing collections. Do not
             # add any new ones.
             attrs = ['device_collections']
-            if book._new_book:
+            if getattr(book, '_new_book', False):
                 if prefs['preserve_user_collections']:
                     # Ensure that the book is in all the book's existing
                     # collections plus all metadata collections
diff --git a/src/calibre/library/database2.py b/src/calibre/library/database2.py
index a08e06378c..9f9488a052 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/database2.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/database2.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class LibraryDatabase2(LibraryDatabase, SchemaUpgrade, CustomColumns):
         self.dbpath = os.path.join(library_path, 'metadata.db')
         self.dbpath = os.environ.get('CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH',
                 self.dbpath)
-        if isinstance(self.dbpath, unicode):
+        if isinstance(self.dbpath, unicode) and not iswindows:
             self.dbpath = self.dbpath.encode(filesystem_encoding)
 
         self.connect()
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/fetch/simple.py b/src/calibre/web/fetch/simple.py
index b6186f785d..41d9c4ed59 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/fetch/simple.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/fetch/simple.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class RecursiveFetcher(object):
 
         replace = self.prepreprocess_html_ext(soup)
         if replace is not None:
-            soup = BeautifulSoup(xml_to_unicode(src, self.verbose, strip_encoding_pats=True)[0], markupMassage=nmassage)
+            soup = BeautifulSoup(xml_to_unicode(replace, self.verbose, strip_encoding_pats=True)[0], markupMassage=nmassage)
 
         if self.keep_only_tags:
             body = Tag(soup, 'body')