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diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
index 2b5652260d..71c4b71483 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ recipe_modules = ['recipe_' + r for r in (
            'spiegel_int', 'themarketticker', 'tomshardware', 'xkcd', 'ftd', 'zdnet',
            'joelonsoftware', 'telepolis', 'common_dreams', 'nin', 'tomshardware_de',
            'pagina12', 'infobae', 'ambito', 'elargentino', 'sueddeutsche', 'the_age',
-           'laprensa',
+           'laprensa', 'amspec',
           )]
 
 import re, imp, inspect, time, os
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_amspec.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_amspec.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b01fadee77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_amspec.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env  python
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2009, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
+'''
+spectator.org
+'''
+
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class TheAmericanSpectator(BasicNewsRecipe):
+      title                 = 'The American Spectator'
+      __author__            = 'Darko Miletic'
+      description           = 'news from USA'
+      oldest_article        = 7
+      max_articles_per_feed = 100
+      no_stylesheets        = True
+      use_embedded_content  = False
+      INDEX                 = 'http://spectator.org'
+      
+      html2lrf_options = [
+                             '--comment'       , description
+                           , '--category'      , 'news, politics, USA'
+                           , '--publisher'     , title
+                         ]
+
+      keep_only_tags   = [
+                             dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'post inner'})
+                            ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'author-bio'})
+                         ]
+
+      remove_tags     = [
+                             dict(name='object')
+                            ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'col3'         })
+                            ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'post-options' })
+                            ,dict(name='p'  , attrs={'class':'letter-editor'})
+                            ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'social'       })
+                        ]
+                         
+      feeds = [ (u'Articles', u'http://feedproxy.google.com/amspecarticles')]
+
+      def get_cover_url(self):
+          cover_url = None
+          soup = self.index_to_soup(self.INDEX)
+          link_item = soup.find('a',attrs={'class':'cover'})
+          if link_item:
+             soup2 = self.index_to_soup(link_item['href'])
+             link_item2 = soup2.find('div',attrs={'class':'post inner issues'})
+             cover_url = self.INDEX + link_item2.img['src']
+          return cover_url
+          
+      def print_version(self, url):
+          return url + '/print'