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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