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+#!/usr/bin/env  python
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+'''
+sciencenews.org
+'''
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class ScienceNewsIssue(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title                 = u'Science News Recent Issues'
+    __author__            = u'Darko Miletic, Sujata Raman and Starson17'
+    description           = u'''Science News is an award-winning weekly
+    newsmagazine covering the most important research in all fields of science.
+    Its 16 pages each week are packed with short, accurate articles that appeal
+    to both general readers and scientists. Published since 1922, the magazine
+    now reaches about 150,000 subscribers and more than 1 million readers.
+    These are the latest News Items from Science News. This recipe downloads
+    the last 30 days worth of articles.'''
+    category              = u'Science, Technology, News'
+    publisher             = u'Society for Science & the Public'
+    oldest_article        = 30
+    language = 'en'
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    no_stylesheets        = True
+    use_embedded_content  = False
+    timefmt               = ' [%A, %d %B, %Y]'
+    recursions = 1
+    remove_attributes = ['style']
+
+    conversion_options = {'linearize_tables'  : True
+                        , 'comment'           : description
+                        , 'tags'              : category
+                        , 'publisher'         : publisher
+                        , 'language'          : language
+                        }
+
+    extra_css = '''
+                .content_description{font-family:georgia ;font-size:x-large; color:#646464 ; font-weight:bold;}
+                .content_summary{font-family:georgia ;font-size:small ;color:#585858 ; font-weight:bold;}
+                .content_authors{font-family:helvetica,arial ;font-size: xx-small ;color:#14487E ;}
+                .content_edition{font-family:helvetica,arial ;font-size: xx-small ;}
+                .exclusive{color:#FF0000 ;}
+                .anonymous{color:#14487E ;}
+                .content_content{font-family:helvetica,arial ;font-size: medium ; color:#000000;}
+                .description{color:#585858;font-family:helvetica,arial ;font-size: large ;}
+                .credit{color:#A6A6A6;font-family:helvetica,arial ;font-size: xx-small ;}
+                '''
+
+    keep_only_tags = [ dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'column_action'}) ]
+    remove_tags_after = dict(name='ul', attrs={'id':'content_functions_bottom'})
+    remove_tags = [
+                     dict(name='ul', attrs={'id':'content_functions_bottom'})
+                    ,dict(name='div', attrs={'id':['content_functions_top','breadcrumb_content']})
+                    ,dict(name='img', attrs={'class':'icon'})
+                    ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class': 'embiggen'})
+                  ]
+
+    feeds       = [(u"Science News Current Issues", u'http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feed/type/edition/name/issues.rss')]
+
+    match_regexps = [
+            r'www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/',
+            r'www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id'
+            ]
+
+    def get_cover_url(self):
+        cover_url = None
+        index = 'http://www.sciencenews.org/view/home'
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        link_item = soup.find(name = 'img',alt = "issue")
+        if link_item:
+           cover_url = 'http://www.sciencenews.org' + link_item['src'] + '.jpg'
+
+        return cover_url
+
+    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
+        for tag in soup.findAll(name=['span']):
+            tag.name = 'div'
+        return soup