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			  #!/usr/bin/env  python

__license__   = 'GPL v3'
__copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
'''
usatoday.com
'''

from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe

class USAToday(BasicNewsRecipe):

    title                  = 'USA Today'
    __author__             = 'Kovid Goyal'
    description            = 'newspaper'
    cover_url = 'http://webmedia.newseum.org/newseum-multimedia/dfp/jpg12/lg/USAT.jpg'
    encoding               = 'utf-8'
    publisher              = 'usatoday.com'
    category               = 'news, usa'
    language               = 'en'

    use_embedded_content   = False
    timefmt                = ' [%d %b %Y]'
    max_articles_per_feed  = 15
    no_stylesheets         = True
    remove_empty_feeds     = True
    filterDuplicates       = True

    extra_css = '''
                    h1, h2 {font-size:xx-large; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;}
                    #post-attributes, .info, .clear {font-size:xx-small; color:#4D4D4D; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;}
                    #post-body, #content {font-size:medium; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;}
                '''


    feeds =  [
                ('Top Headlines', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/usatoday-NewsTopStories'),
                ('Tech Headlines', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/usatoday-TechTopStories'),
                ('Personal Tech', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomTech-PersonalTalk'),
                ('Science', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/TP-ScienceFair'),
                ('Health', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomHealth-TopStories'),
                ('Travel Headlines', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomTravel-TopStories'),
                ('Money Headlines', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories'),
                ('Entertainment Headlines', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/usatoday-LifeTopStories'),
                ('Sport Headlines', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomSports-TopStories'),
                ('Weather Headlines', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/usatoday-WeatherTopStories'),
                ('Most Popular', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/Usatoday-MostViewedArticles'),
                ('Offbeat News', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomOffbeat-TopStories')
                ]

    auto_cleanup = True

    def get_masthead_url(self):
        masthead = 'http://i.usatoday.net/mobile/_common/_images/565x73_usat_mobile.gif'
        br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser()
        try:
            br.open(masthead)
        except:
            self.log("\nCover unavailable")
            masthead = None
        return masthead