diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
index 9ee23a471e..18b9dc3231 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         view = self.card_view if on_card else self.memory_view    
         view.model().resort(reset=False)
         view.model().research()
-        if memory[1]:
+        if memory and memory[1]:
             rows = map(self.library_view.model().db.index, memory[1])
             self.library_view.model().delete_books(rows)
             
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/new_yorker.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/new_yorker.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdc6d8c0e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/new_yorker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env  python
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal kovid@kovidgoyal.net'
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
+
+import re, time
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import NavigableString
+
+class NewYorker(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    
+    title       = 'The New Yorker'
+    __author__  = 'Kovid Goyal'
+    description = 'News and opinion'
+    
+    remove_tags = [
+                   dict(name='div', id=['printoptions', 'header', 'articleBottom']),
+                   dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['utils', 'icons']})
+                   ]
+    
+    
+    def parse_index(self):
+        toc_pat = re.compile(time.strftime(r'.+magazine/toc/%Y/%m/.+toc_%Y\d+'))
+        soup = self.soup(self.browser.open('http://www.newyorker.com/').read())
+        a = soup.find('a', href=toc_pat)
+        if a is None:
+            raise Exception('Could not find the current issue of The New Yorker')
+        href = a['href']
+        href = 'http://www.newyorker.com'+href[href.index('/magazine'):]
+        soup = self.soup(self.browser.open(href).read())
+        img = soup.find(id='inThisIssuePhoto')
+        if img is not None:
+            self.cover_url = 'http://www.newyorker.com'+img['src']
+            alt = img.get('alt', None)
+            if alt:
+                self.timefmt = ' [%s]'%alt
+        features = soup.findAll(attrs={'class':re.compile('feature')})
+        
+        category, sections, articles = None, [], []
+        for feature in features:
+            head = feature.find('img', alt=True, attrs={'class':'featurehed'})
+            if head is None:
+                continue
+            if articles:
+                sections.append((category, articles))
+            category, articles = head['alt'], []
+            if category in ('', 'AUDIO', 'VIDEO', 'BLOGS', 'GOINGS ON'):
+                continue
+            
+            for a in feature.findAll('a', href=True):
+                href = 'http://www.newyorker.com'+a['href']+'?printable=true'
+                title, in_title, desc = '', True, ''
+                for tag in a.contents:
+                    if getattr(tag, 'name', None) == 'br':
+                        in_title = False
+                        continue
+                    if isinstance(tag, NavigableString):
+                        text = unicode(tag)
+                        if in_title:
+                            title += text
+                        else:
+                            desc += text
+                if title and not 'Audio:' in title:
+                    art = {
+                           'title': title,
+                           'desc': desc, 'content':'',
+                           'url': href,
+                           'date': time.strftime('%a, %d %b', time.localtime()),
+                           }
+                    articles.append(art)
+                
+#        from IPython.Shell import IPShellEmbed
+#        ipshell = IPShellEmbed()
+#        ipshell()
+#        raise Exception()
+
+        return sections
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