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diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
index 65bb389903..9c0a99e814 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ recipe_modules = ['recipe_' + r for r in (
            'al_jazeera', 'winsupersite', 'borba', 'courrierinternational',
            'lamujerdemivida', 'soldiers', 'theonion', 'news_times',
            'el_universal', 'mediapart', 'wikinews_en', 'ecogeek', 'daily_mail',
-           'new_york_review_of_books_no_sub',
+           'new_york_review_of_books_no_sub', 'politico',
           )]
 
 import re, imp, inspect, time, os
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_politico.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_politico.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94980d0cb2
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+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_politico.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env  python
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2009, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
+'''
+politico.com
+'''
+
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class Politico(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title                 = 'Politico'
+    __author__            = 'Darko Miletic'
+    description           = 'Political news from USA'
+    publisher             = 'Capitol News Company, LLC'
+    category              = 'news, politics, USA'
+    oldest_article        = 7
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    use_embedded_content  = False
+    no_stylesheets        = True
+    remove_javascript     = True
+    encoding              = 'cp1252'
+    language              = _('English')
+    
+    html2lrf_options = [
+                          '--comment', description
+                        , '--category', category
+                        , '--publisher', publisher
+                        , '--ignore-tables'
+                        ]
+    
+    html2epub_options = 'publisher="' + publisher + '"\ncomments="' + description + '"\ntags="' + category + '"\nlinearize_tables=True' 
+
+    remove_tags       = [dict(name=['notags','embed','object','link','img'])]
+
+    feeds = [
+               (u'Top Stories' , u'http://www.politico.com/rss/politicopicks.xml' )
+              ,(u'Congress'    , u'http://www.politico.com/rss/congress.xml'      )
+              ,(u'Ideas'       , u'http://www.politico.com/rss/ideas.xml'         )
+              ,(u'Life'        , u'http://www.politico.com/rss/life.xml'          )
+              ,(u'Lobbyists'   , u'http://www.politico.com/rss/lobbyists.xml'     )
+              ,(u'Pitboss'     , u'http://www.politico.com/rss/pitboss.xml'       )
+              ,(u'Politics'    , u'http://www.politico.com/rss/politics.xml'      )
+              ,(u'Roger Simon' , u'http://www.politico.com/rss/rogersimon.xml'    )
+              ,(u'Suite Talk'  , u'http://www.politico.com/rss/suitetalk.xml'     )
+              ,(u'Playbook'    , u'http://www.politico.com/rss/playbook.xml'      )
+              ,(u'The Huddle'  , u'http://www.politico.com/rss/huddle.xml'        )
+            ]
+
+    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
+        mtag = '<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-US"/>'
+        soup.head.insert(0,mtag)
+        for item in soup.findAll(style=True):
+            del item['style']
+        return soup
+
+    def print_url(self, soup, default):
+        printtags = soup.findAll('a',href=True)
+        for printtag in printtags:
+            if printtag.string == "Print":
+               return printtag['href']
+        return default
+
+    def print_version(self, url):
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
+        return self.print_url(soup, None)