diff --git a/recipes/afr.recipe b/recipes/afr.recipe
index e91d7cd420f4..e3ad295dc5d3 100644
--- a/recipes/afr.recipe
+++ b/recipes/afr.recipe
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+from datetime import date
 
+def absurl(url):
+    if url.startswith('/'):
+        return 'https://www.afr.com' + url
 
 class afr(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'Australian Financial Review'
@@ -40,34 +44,10 @@ class afr(BasicNewsRecipe):
         [data-testid="AuthorNames"], [data-testid="ArticleTimestamp"] {font-size:small;}
     '''
 
-    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title'}
+    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
     resolve_internal_links  = True
     remove_empty_feeds = True
 
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
-
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)
-        skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/videos/', '/media/', 'podcast-'
-        ]
-        if any(x in link['href'] for x in skip_sections):
-            self.log('Aborting Article ', link['href'])
-            self.abort_article('skipping video links')
-
-        self.log('Downloading ', link['href'])
-        html = br.open(link['href']).read()
-        pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.html')
-        pt.write(html)
-        pt.close()
-        return pt.name
-
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
         for img in soup.findAll('img', attrs={'data-src':True}):
             img['src'] = img['data-src']
@@ -75,15 +55,28 @@ class afr(BasicNewsRecipe):
             fig['id'] = 'img-cap'
         return soup
 
-    feeds = []
-
-    sections = [
-        'companies', 'market', 'politics', 'policy', 'world', 'wealth', 'street-talk',
-        'chaticleer', 'rear-window', 'life-and-luxury', 'technology', 'property',
-        'work-and-careers',
-    ]
-
-    for sec in sections:
-        a = 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.afr.com{}&hl=en-AU&gl=AU&ceid=AU:en'
-        feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format('%2F' + sec + '%2F')))
-    feeds.append(('Others', a.format('')))
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://www.afr.com/'
+        sections = [
+            'companies', 'market', 'politics', 'policy', 'world', 'wealth', 'street-talk',
+            'chaticleer', 'rear-window', 'life-and-luxury', 'technology', 'property',
+            'work-and-careers',
+        ]
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith('/' + sec + '/')}):
+                url = absurl(a['href'].split('?')[0])
+                if url in {index + sec + '/', index + sec}:
+                    continue
+                if date.today().strftime('%Y') not in url:
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
diff --git a/recipes/bar_and_bench.recipe b/recipes/bar_and_bench.recipe
index d54fb41ede7b..9fe81716bb3a 100644
--- a/recipes/bar_and_bench.recipe
+++ b/recipes/bar_and_bench.recipe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, prefixed_classes
 
 
@@ -38,37 +38,24 @@ class bar(BasicNewsRecipe):
     resolve_internal_links  = True
     remove_empty_feeds = True
 
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
-
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)
-        skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/videos/', '/media/', 'podcast-'
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://www.barandbench.com/'
+        sections = [
+            'news', 'columns', 'interviews', 'law-firms', 'apprentice-lawyer', 'legal-jobs'
         ]
-        if any(x in link['href'] for x in skip_sections):
-            self.log('Aborting Article ', link['href'])
-            self.abort_article('skipping video links')
-
-        self.log('Downloading ', link['href'])
-        html = br.open(link['href']).read()
-        pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.html')
-        pt.write(html)
-        pt.close()
-        return pt.name
-
-    feeds = []
-
-    sections = [
-        'news', 'columns', 'interviews', 'law-firms', 'apprentice-lawyer', 'legal-jobs'
-    ]
-
-    for sec in sections:
-        a = 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:barandbench.com{}&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'
-        feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format('%2F' + sec + '%2F')))
-    feeds.append(('Others', a.format('')))
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith(index + sec + '/')}):
+                url = a['href'].split('?')[0]
+                if url in {index + sec + '/', index + sec}:
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
diff --git a/recipes/deccan_herald.recipe b/recipes/deccan_herald.recipe
index 6f1523a82011..bcf6bb12c225 100644
--- a/recipes/deccan_herald.recipe
+++ b/recipes/deccan_herald.recipe
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
 
+def absurl(url):
+    if url.startswith('/'):
+        return 'https://www.deccanherald.com' + url
+
 class herald(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'Deccan Herald'
     __author__ = 'unkn0wn'
@@ -11,38 +14,13 @@ class herald(BasicNewsRecipe):
     remove_attributes = ['height', 'width', 'style']
     ignore_duplicate_articles = {'url', 'title'}
     encoding = 'utf-8'
-    
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
 
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)
-        skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/bengaluru-crime/', '/metrolife/',
-            '/karnataka-districts/', '/brandspot/', '/entertainment/',
-        ]
-        if any(x in link['href'] for x in skip_sections):
-            self.log('Aborting Article ', link['href'])
-            self.abort_article('skipping section')
-            
-        self.log('Downloading ', link['href'])
-        html = br.open(link['href']).read()
-        pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.html')
-        pt.write(html)
-        pt.close()
-        return pt.name
-    
     keep_only_tags = [
         classes('article-title article-author__name'),
         dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'main-content'})
         
     ]
-    
+
     remove_tags = [
         classes(
             'storyShare social-media-icons in_article_video static_text'
@@ -50,17 +28,26 @@ class herald(BasicNewsRecipe):
             ' field-name-field-tags section-full strip--business'
         )
     ]
-    
-    feeds = [
-        ('Nation', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:deccanherald.com%2Fnational%2F&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'),
-        ('Karnataka', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:deccanherald.com%2Fstate%2F&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'),
-        ('Opinion', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:deccanherald.com%2Fopinion%2F&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'),
-        ('City', 
-            'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:deccanherald.com%2Fcity%2F&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'),
-        ('Business', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:deccanherald.com%2Fbusiness%2F&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'),
-        ('World', 
-            'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:deccanherald.com%2Finternational%2F&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'),
-        ('Sports',
-            'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:deccanherald.com%2Fsports%2F&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'),
-        ('Others', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:deccanherald.com&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'),
-    ]
\ No newline at end of file
+
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://www.deccanherald.com/'
+        sections = [
+            'india', 'world', 'elections', 'opinion', 'specials', 'business', 'sports'
+        ]
+        feeds = []
+
+        for sec in sections:
+            soup = self.index_to_soup(index + sec)
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith('/' + sec + '/')}):
+                url = absurl(a['href'].split('?')[0])
+                if url in {index + sec + '/', index + sec}:
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
diff --git a/recipes/firstpost.recipe b/recipes/firstpost.recipe
index 3bc56eb46fae..75e62501a4c0 100644
--- a/recipes/firstpost.recipe
+++ b/recipes/firstpost.recipe
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
-# Firstpost feeds mix sections into other feeds, like explainers end up in opinion feed and opinions end up in India feed.
-# change google_feeds to True to fetch right sections.
-google_feeds = False
 
 class firstpost(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'Firstpost'
@@ -43,35 +40,11 @@ class firstpost(BasicNewsRecipe):
         'world', 'web-stories', 'tech', 'artandculture', 'health', 'health-supplement',
         # 'photos', 'entertainment', 'living', 'education', 'sports', 'firstcricket',
     ]
-    if not google_feeds:
-        oldest_article = 1.2 # days
-        for sec in sections:
-            a = 'https://www.firstpost.com/rss/{}.xml'
-            feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format(sec)))
-    else:
-        articles_are_obfuscated = True
 
-        def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-            br = self.get_browser()
-            soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-            link = soup.find('a', href=True)
-            skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-                '/video/', '/videos/', '/media/', '/vantage/'
-            ]
-            if any(x in link['href'] for x in skip_sections):
-                self.log('Aborting Article ', link['href'])
-                self.abort_article('skipping video links')
-            self.log('Downloading ', link['href'])
-            html = br.open(link['href']).read()
-            pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.html')
-            pt.write(html)
-            pt.close()
-            return pt.name
-
-        for sec in sections:
-            a = 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:firstpost.com{}&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'
-            feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format('%2F' + sec + '%2F')))
-        # feeds.append(('Others', a.format('')))
+    oldest_article = 1.2 # days
+    for sec in sections:
+        a = 'https://www.firstpost.com/rss/{}.xml'
+        feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format(sec)))
 
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
         if h2 := soup.find('h2', attrs={'class':'category-name'}):
diff --git a/recipes/hamilton_spectator.recipe b/recipes/hamilton_spectator.recipe
index f6cb13674064..92180b75ea54 100644
--- a/recipes/hamilton_spectator.recipe
+++ b/recipes/hamilton_spectator.recipe
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
 '''
 Hamilton Spectator Calibre Recipe
 '''
 
+def absurl(url):
+    if url.startswith('/'):
+        return 'https://www.thespec.com' + url
 
 class HamiltonSpectator(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = u'Hamilton Spectator'
@@ -21,8 +24,7 @@ class HamiltonSpectator(BasicNewsRecipe):
     remove_attributes = ['style', 'height', 'width']
     masthead_url = 'https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thespec.com/content/tncms/custom/image/c0094646-1108-11ee-8af0-b3954ce40e5e.png'
 
-    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title'}
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
+    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
 
     extra_css = '''
         .caption { font-size:small; text-align:center; }
@@ -52,35 +54,26 @@ class HamiltonSpectator(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     img['src'] = x.split()[0]
         return soup
 
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)
-        skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/videos/', '/media/', 'podcast'
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://www.thespec.com/'
+        sections = [
+            'news', 'politics', 'opinion', 'business', 'sports', 'life', 'entertainment'
         ]
-        if any(x in link['href'] for x in skip_sections):
-            self.log('Aborting Article ', link['href'])
-            self.abort_article('skipping video links')
-
-        self.log('Downloading ', link['href'])
-        html = br.open(link['href']).read()
-        pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.html')
-        pt.write(html)
-        pt.close()
-        return pt.name
-
-    feeds = []
-
-    sections = [
-        'news', 'politics', 'opinion', 'business', 'sports', 'life', 'entertainment'
-    ]
-
-    for sec in sections:
-        a = 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:thespec.com{}&hl=en-CA&gl=IN&ceid=CA:en'
-        feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format('%2F' + sec + '%2F')))
-    feeds.append(('Others', a.format('')))
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith('/' + sec + '/')}):
+                url = absurl(a['href'].split('#')[0])
+                if url in {index + sec + '/', index + sec}:
+                    continue
+                if not url.endswith('.html'):
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
diff --git a/recipes/hindutamil.recipe b/recipes/hindutamil.recipe
index 0c58577d5787..9c1af06f90c1 100644
--- a/recipes/hindutamil.recipe
+++ b/recipes/hindutamil.recipe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
 
@@ -22,53 +22,43 @@ class hindutamil(BasicNewsRecipe):
     keep_only_tags = [
         classes('main-article')
     ]
-    
+
     remove_tags = [
         classes('newsbot-ads article-details-ads-inner art-follow-title1 dont-miss-it')
     ]
-        
-    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title'}
-    remove_empty_feeds = True    
 
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
+    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
+    remove_empty_feeds = True
 
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)
-        skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/videos/', '/media/'
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://www.hindutamil.in/'
+        sections = [
+            ('தமிழகம்', 'tamilnadu'),
+            ('இந்தியா', 'india'),
+            ('கருத்துப் பேழை', 'opinion'),
+            ('உலகம்', 'world'),
+            ('வணிகம்', 'business'),
+            ('விளையாட்டு', 'sports'),
+            ('தமிழ் சினிமா', 'cinema'),
+            ('தொழில்நுட்பம்', 'technology'),
+            ('இணைப்பிதழ்கள்', 'supplements'),
+            ('Cartoon', 'cartoon'),
+            ('Life-style', 'life-style')
         ]
-        if any(x in link['href'] for x in skip_sections):
-            self.log('Aborting Article ', link['href'])
-            self.abort_article('skipping video links')
-
-        self.log('Downloading ', link['href'])
-        html = br.open(link['href']).read()
-        pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.html')
-        pt.write(html)
-        pt.close()
-        return pt.name
-
-    feeds = []
-
-    sections = [
-        ('தமிழகம்', 'tamilnadu'),
-        ('இந்தியா', 'india'),
-        ('கருத்துப் பேழை', 'opinion'),
-        ('உலகம்', 'world'),
-        ('வணிகம்', 'business'),
-        # ('விளையாட்டு', 'sports'),
-        # ('தமிழ் சினிமா', 'cinema'),
-        ('தொழில்நுட்பம்', 'technology'),
-        # ('இணைப்பிதழ்கள்', 'supplements'),
-    ]
-
-    for sec in sections:
-        a = 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:hindutamil.in%2Fnews{}&hl=ta-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:ta'
-        feeds.append((sec[0], a.format('%2F' + sec[1] + '%2F')))
-    # feeds.append(('Others', a.format('')))
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        index = index + 'news/'
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec[0]
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith(index + sec[1] + '/')}):
+                url = a['href']
+                if url in {index + sec[1] + '/', index + sec[1]}:
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
diff --git a/recipes/ifzm.recipe b/recipes/ifzm.recipe
index d64fd3c05062..d1fc06f09493 100644
--- a/recipes/ifzm.recipe
+++ b/recipes/ifzm.recipe
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 import json
 
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
+def absurl(url):
+    if url.startswith('/'):
+        return 'https://www.infzm.com' + url
 
 def json_to_html(raw, link):
     data = json.loads(raw)
@@ -21,24 +25,19 @@ class infzm(BasicNewsRecipe):
     encoding = 'utf-8'
     no_stylesheets = True
     remove_javascript = True
-    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title'}
+    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
     remove_empty_feeds = True
     use_embedded_content = False
     remove_attributes = ['style', 'height', 'width']
     masthead_url = 'http://ssimg.kkod.cn/web/02/14227.gif'
 
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
-
     remove_tags = [dict(name=['video', 'svg', 'button'])]
 
+    articles_are_obfuscated = True
+
     def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
         br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)['href'].split('?')[0]
+        link = url
         res_link = link.replace('https://www.infzm.com', 'https://api.infzm.com/mobile') \
             + '?platform=wap&version=1.89.0&machine_id=35458aa29603f2b246636e5492122b50&user_id=&token=&member_type='
         # if article is paywalled, add code to figure out machine_id
@@ -51,12 +50,29 @@ class infzm(BasicNewsRecipe):
         .cm_pic_caption, .cm_pic_author { font-size:small; text-align:center; }
     '''
 
-    feeds = [
-        ('南方周末', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:170h+allinurl:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infzm.com&hl=zh-HK&gl=HK&ceid=HK:zh')
-    ]
+
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://www.infzm.com/'
+        sections = [
+            'contents'
+        ]
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith('/' + sec + '/')}):
+                url = absurl(a['href'].split('?')[0])
+                if url in {index + sec + '/', index + sec}:
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
 
     def populate_article_metadata(self, article, soup, first):
-        article.title = article.title.replace(' - 南方周末', '')
-        article.url = soup.find('h1')['title']
-        article.summary = self.tag_to_string(soup.find(attrs={'class':'intro'}))
-        article.text_summary = self.tag_to_string(soup.find(attrs={'class':'intro'}))
+        if soup.find(attrs={'class':'intro'}:
+            article.summary = article.text_summary = self.tag_to_string(soup.find(attrs={'class':'intro'}))
diff --git a/recipes/inc42.recipe b/recipes/inc42.recipe
index de1c921d6c89..254cd6b1ec76 100644
--- a/recipes/inc42.recipe
+++ b/recipes/inc42.recipe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
 
@@ -21,45 +21,33 @@ class inc42(BasicNewsRecipe):
         dict(name='button'),
         classes('also-read slick-list slides-three common-card'),
     ]
-        
-    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title'}
-    remove_empty_feeds = True    
 
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
+    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
+    remove_empty_feeds = True    
 
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)
-        skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/videos/', '/media/'
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://inc42.com/'
+        sections = [
+            'features', 'buzz', 'startups', 'resources'
         ]
-        if any(x in link['href'] for x in skip_sections):
-            self.log('Aborting Article ', link['href'])
-            self.abort_article('skipping video links')
-
-        self.log('Downloading ', link['href'])
-        html = br.open(link['href']).read()
-        pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.html')
-        pt.write(html)
-        pt.close()
-        return pt.name
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith(index + sec + '/')}):
+                url = a['href']
+                if url == index + sec + '/':
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
 
-    feeds = []
 
-    sections = [
-        'features', 'buzz', 'startups', 'resources'
-    ]
-
-    for sec in sections:
-        a = 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:inc42.com{}&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'
-        feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format('%2F' + sec + '%2F')))
-    feeds.append(('Others', a.format('')))
-    
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
         for img in soup.findAll('img', attrs={'data-src':True}):
             img['src'] = img['data-src']
diff --git a/recipes/irish_times_free.recipe b/recipes/irish_times_free.recipe
index dde5ee3bbf2f..3f75028374a4 100644
--- a/recipes/irish_times_free.recipe
+++ b/recipes/irish_times_free.recipe
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
+from datetime import date
 
 
+def absurl(url):
+    if url.startswith('/'):
+        return 'https://www.irishtimes.com' + url
+
 class IrishTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title          = 'The Irish Times (free)'
     __author__    = 'unkn0wn'
@@ -24,9 +29,8 @@ class IrishTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
     ]
 
     remove_attributes = ['width', 'height']
-    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title'}
+    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
     resolve_internal_links  = True
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
 
     def get_cover_url(self):
         from datetime import date
@@ -45,28 +49,6 @@ class IrishTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
             cover = None
         return cover
 
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)
-        skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/videos/', '/media/', '/podcast'
-        ]
-        if any(x in link['href'] for x in skip_sections):
-            self.log('Aborting Article', link['href'])
-            self.abort_article('skipping video links')
-
-        self.log('Found', link['href'])
-        html = br.open(link['href']).read()
-        pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.html')
-        pt.write(html)
-        pt.close()
-        return pt.name
-
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         BasicNewsRecipe.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
         if self.output_profile.short_name.startswith('kindle'):
@@ -78,13 +60,28 @@ class IrishTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     feeds = []
 
-    sections = [
-        'ireland', 'world', 'opinion', 'politics', 'crime-law', 'culture', 'business', 
-        'life-style', 'health', 'sport', 'property', 'food', 'abroad', 'environment', 
-        'obituaries'
-    ]
-
-    for sec in sections:
-        a = 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:irishtimes.com{}&hl=en-IE&gl=IE&ceid=IE:en'
-        feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format('%2F' + sec + '%2F')))
-    feeds.append(('Others', a.format('')))
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://www.irishtimes.com/'
+        sections = [
+            'ireland', 'world', 'opinion', 'politics', 'crime-law', 'culture', 'business', 
+            'life-style', 'health', 'sport', 'property', 'food', 'abroad', 'environment', 
+            'obituaries'
+        ]
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith('/' + sec + '/')}):
+                url = absurl(a['href'].split('?')[0])
+                if url in {index + sec + '/', index + sec}:
+                    continue
+                if date.today().strftime('%Y') not in url:
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
diff --git a/recipes/live_law.recipe b/recipes/live_law.recipe
index 747a5a1759af..755bde33255a 100644
--- a/recipes/live_law.recipe
+++ b/recipes/live_law.recipe
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-from urllib.parse import quote
-
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
+def absurl(url):
+    if url.startswith('/'):
+        return 'https://www.livelaw.in' + url
 
 class livelaw(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'Live Law'
@@ -20,29 +22,12 @@ class livelaw(BasicNewsRecipe):
     remove_javascript = True
     ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
     simultaneous_downloads = 1
-    art_url = ''
 
     extra_css = '''
         .news_detail_person_detail {font-size:small; color:#202020;}
         .news-description { color:#202020; font-style:italic; }
     '''
 
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
-
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.a['href']
-        skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/videos/', '/multimedia/',
-        ]
-        if any(x in link for x in skip_sections):
-            self.abort_article('skipping video links ', link)
-        self.log('Found ', link)
-        self.art_url = link
-        html = br.open(link).read()
-        return ({ 'data': html, 'url': link })
-
     keep_only_tags = [
         dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'page-content-wrapper'})
     ]
@@ -65,22 +50,27 @@ class livelaw(BasicNewsRecipe):
             h2.name = 'p'
         return soup
 
-    feeds = []
-
-    when = '27' # hours
-    index = 'https://www.livelaw.in/'
-
-    sections = [
-        'top-stories', 'supreme-court', 'high-court', 'news-updates', 'consumer-cases', 'articles',
-        'lawschool', 'law-firms', 'round-ups'
-    ]
-
-    a = 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:{}h+allinurl:{}&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'
-
-    for sec in sections:
-        feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format(when, quote(index + sec, safe=''))))
-    feeds.append(('Others' , a.format(when, quote(index, safe=''))))
-
-    def populate_article_metadata(self, article, soup, first):
-        article.url = self.art_url
-        article.title = article.title.replace(' - Live Law - Indian Legal News', '')
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://www.livelaw.in/'
+        sections = [
+            'top-stories', 'supreme-court', 'high-court', 'news-updates', 'consumer-cases', 'articles',
+            'lawschool', 'law-firms', 'round-ups'
+        ]
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith('/' + sec + '/')}):
+                url = absurl(a['href'].split('?')[0])
+                if url in {index + sec + '/', index + sec}:
+                    continue
+                if not url[-1].isdigit():
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
diff --git a/recipes/mainichi_en.recipe b/recipes/mainichi_en.recipe
index e22e310892ef..6be24893e4cc 100644
--- a/recipes/mainichi_en.recipe
+++ b/recipes/mainichi_en.recipe
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 """
 www.mainichi.jp/english
 """
 
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 
@@ -23,24 +23,26 @@ class MainichiEnglishNews(BasicNewsRecipe):
     remove_javascript = True
     auto_cleanup = True
 
-    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title'}
-
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
-
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)
-        html = br.open(link['href']).read()
-        pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.html')
-        pt.write(html)
-        pt.close()
-        return pt.name
-
-    feeds = [
-        ('Articles', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:48h+allinurl:mainichi.jp%2Fenglish%2Farticles%2F&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en')
-    ]
+    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
+
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://mainichi.jp/english/'
+        sections = [
+            'articles'
+        ]
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith(index + sec + '/')}):
+                url = a['href']
+                if url in {index + sec + '/', index + sec}:
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
diff --git a/recipes/moneycontrol.recipe b/recipes/moneycontrol.recipe
index cf0b65e65ee9..fa5ca524e4f1 100644
--- a/recipes/moneycontrol.recipe
+++ b/recipes/moneycontrol.recipe
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from urllib.parse import quote
-
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
 
@@ -26,21 +25,6 @@ class MoneyControlRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
         .article_desc { font-style:italic; color:#202020; }
     '''
 
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
-
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.a['href']
-        skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/videos/', '/multimedia/',
-        ]
-        if any(x in link for x in skip_sections):
-            self.abort_article('skipping video links ', link)
-        self.log('Found ', link)
-        html = br.open(link).read()
-        return ({ 'data': html, 'url': link })
-
     keep_only_tags = [
         dict(name='div', attrs={'id':lambda x: x and x.startswith('article-')})
     ]
@@ -65,41 +49,52 @@ class MoneyControlRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
             img['src'] = img['data-src']
         return soup
 
-    feeds = []
-
-    when = oldest_article*24
-    index = 'https://www.moneycontrol.com/'
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://www.moneycontrol.com/'
 
-    business_sections = [
-        'markets', 'stocks', 'ipo', 'budget', 'banks', 'moneycontrol-research', 'economy', 'earnings', 'real-estate', 
-        'personal-finance', 'commodities', 'trade', 'companies'
-    ]
-
-    a = 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:{}h+allinurl:{}&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'
-
-    for sec in business_sections:
-        allinurl_a = index + 'news/business'
-        feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format(when, quote(allinurl_a + sec, safe=''))))
-    feeds.append(('Business' , a.format(when, quote(allinurl_a, safe=''))))
+        business_sections = [
+            'markets', 'stocks', 'ipo', 'budget', 'banks', 'moneycontrol-research', 'economy', 'earnings', 'real-estate', 
+            'personal-finance', 'commodities', 'trade', 'companies'
+        ]
 
-    news_sections = [
-        'india', 'world', 'opinion', 'politics', 'technology', 'trends', 'lifestyle'
-    ]
+        news_sections = [
+            'india', 'world', 'opinion', 'politics', 'technology', 'trends', 'lifestyle'
+        ]
 
-    for sec in news_sections:
-        allinurl_b = index + 'news'
-        feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format(when, quote(allinurl_b + sec, safe=''))))
-    feeds.append(('News', a.format(when, quote(allinurl_b, safe=''), '')))
-    feeds.append(
-        ('Others', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:{}h+allinurl:{}&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'.format(when, quote(index, safe='')))
-    )
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for b_sec in business_sections:
+            burl = index + 'news/business/'
+            section = b_sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith(burl + b_sec + '/')}):
+                url = a['href']
+                if url in {burl + b_sec + '/', burl + b_sec}:
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        for n_sec in news_sections:
+            nurl = index + 'news/'
+            nsection = n_sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(nsection)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith(nurl + n_sec + '/')}):
+                url = a['href']
+                if url in {nurl + n_sec + '/', nurl + n_sec}:
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((nsection, articles))
+        return feeds
 
     def populate_article_metadata(self, article, soup, first):
-        div = soup.find('div', attrs={'data-io-article-url':True})
-        if div:
-            article.url = div['data-io-article-url']
         desc = soup.find(**classes('article_desc'))
         if desc:
             article.summary = self.tag_to_string(desc)
             article.text_summary = article.summary
-        article.title = article.title.replace(' - Moneycontrol', '')
diff --git a/recipes/newsminute.recipe b/recipes/newsminute.recipe
index a4dd420d698b..d3c1d39449cd 100644
--- a/recipes/newsminute.recipe
+++ b/recipes/newsminute.recipe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
 
@@ -20,29 +20,6 @@ class newsminute(BasicNewsRecipe):
     resolve_internal_links  = True
     remove_empty_feeds = True
     remove_attributes = ['style', 'height', 'width']
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
-
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)
-        skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/videos/', '/media/', 'podcast-'
-        ]
-        if any(x in link['href'] for x in skip_sections):
-            self.log('Aborting Article ', link['href'])
-            self.abort_article('skipping video links')
-
-        self.log('Downloading ', link['href'])
-        html = br.open(link['href']).read()
-        pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.html')
-        pt.write(html)
-        pt.close()
-        return pt.name
 
     keep_only_tags = [
         classes(
@@ -50,21 +27,29 @@ class newsminute(BasicNewsRecipe):
         ),
     ]
 
-    feeds = []
-
-    sections = [
-        'tamil-nadu', 'telangana', 'andhra-pradesh', 'karnataka', 'kerala'
-    ]
-
-    for sec in sections:
-        a = 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenewsminute.com{}&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en'
-        feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format('%2F' + sec + '%2F')))
-    feeds.append(('Others', a.format('')))
-
-    def populate_article_metadata(self, article, soup, first):
-        article.title = article.title.replace(' - The News Minute', '')
-
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
         for img in soup.findAll('img', attrs={'data-src':True}):
             img['src'] = img['data-src']
         return soup
+
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://www.thenewsminute.com/'
+        sections = [
+            'tamil-nadu', 'telangana', 'andhra-pradesh', 'karnataka', 'kerala'
+        ]
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith(index + sec + '/')}):
+                url = a['href']
+                if url in {index + sec + '/', index + sec}:
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
diff --git a/recipes/scroll.recipe b/recipes/scroll.recipe
index 511319a96beb..ee012d32f8b8 100644
--- a/recipes/scroll.recipe
+++ b/recipes/scroll.recipe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
 
@@ -19,30 +19,6 @@ class scroll(BasicNewsRecipe):
     ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
     remove_attributes = ['style', 'height', 'width']
 
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
-
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)
-        skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/videos/', '/announcements/'
-        ]
-        if any(x in link['href'] for x in skip_sections):
-            self.log('Aborting Article ', link['href'])
-            self.abort_article('skipping video links')
-
-        self.log('Downloading ', link['href'])
-        html = br.open(link['href']).read()
-        pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.html')
-        pt.write(html)
-        pt.close()
-        return pt.name
-
     extra_css = '''
         .orange-tag, .article-meta-container { font-size:small; }
         .featured-image, .cms-block-image { text-align:center; font-size:small; }
@@ -55,10 +31,28 @@ class scroll(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     remove_tags = [classes('comments-entry-point-meta')]
 
-    feeds = [('Articles', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:https%3A%2F%2Fscroll.in&hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en')]
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://scroll.in/'
+        sections = [
+            'article', 'magazine'
+        ]
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith(index + sec + '/')}):
+                url = a['href'].split('?')[0]
+                if url in {index + sec + '/', index + sec}:
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
 
     def populate_article_metadata(self, article, soup, first):
-        # article.url = ''
-        article.summary = self.tag_to_string(soup.find('h2'))
-        article.text_summary = self.tag_to_string(soup.find('h2'))
-        article.title = article.title.replace(' - Scroll.in', '')
+        if soup.find('h2'):
+            article.summary = article.text_summary = self.tag_to_string(soup.find('h2'))
diff --git a/recipes/singtaohk.recipe b/recipes/singtaohk.recipe
index cd1d0df2f273..9372f3a9b1f6 100644
--- a/recipes/singtaohk.recipe
+++ b/recipes/singtaohk.recipe
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ class STHKRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
     masthead_url = 'https://std.stheadline.com/dist/images/logo-v2@2x.png'
     no_stylesheets = True
     remove_javascript = True
-    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title'}
+    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
     remove_empty_feeds = True
     use_embedded_content = False
     remove_attributes = ['style', 'height', 'width']
@@ -31,34 +32,26 @@ class STHKRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
         classes('in-article-banner stick-box-gray article-pagination comments')
     ]
 
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
-
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)['href']
-        skip_sections = [ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/videos/', '/media/', 'podcast'
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://std.stheadline.com/'
+        sections = [
+            'daily', 'realtime', 'supplement'
         ]
-        if any(x in link for x in skip_sections):
-            self.log('Aborting Article ', link)
-            self.abort_article('skipping video links')
-        html = br.open(link).read()
-        return ({ 'data': html, 'url': link }) 
-
-    feeds = [
-        ('日報', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:https%3A%2F%2Fstd.stheadline.com%2Fdaily%2F&hl=zh-HK&gl=HK&ceid=HK:zh'),
-        ('即時', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:https%3A%2F%2Fstd.stheadline.com%2Frealtime%2F&hl=zh-HK&gl=HK&ceid=HK:zh'),
-        ('副刊', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:https%3A%2F%2Fstd.stheadline.com%2Fsupplement%2F&hl=zh-HK&gl=HK&ceid=HK:zh'),
-        ('其他的 新聞', 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:https%3A%2F%2Fstd.stheadline.com&hl=zh-HK&gl=HK&ceid=HK:zh')
-    ]
-
-    def populate_article_metadata(self, article, soup, first):
-        article.title = article.title.replace(' - 星島頭條', '')
-
-    def preprocess_raw_html(self, raw, *a):
-        return raw.replace('<p></p>', '')
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith(index + sec + '/')}):
+                url = a['href']
+                if url in {index + sec + '/', index + sec}:
+                    continue
+                if '/article/' not in url:
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
diff --git a/recipes/usatoday.recipe b/recipes/usatoday.recipe
index 3a1bb1efe5b8..ccea63c5b015 100644
--- a/recipes/usatoday.recipe
+++ b/recipes/usatoday.recipe
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 usatoday.com
 '''
 
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 
@@ -15,6 +14,9 @@ def classes(classes):
     return dict(attrs={
         'class': lambda x: x and frozenset(x.split()).intersection(q)})
 
+def absurl(url):
+    if url.startswith('/'):
+        return 'https://www.usatoday.com' + url
 
 class USAToday(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
@@ -60,44 +62,32 @@ class USAToday(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     }
                 '''
 
-    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title'}
+    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
     resolve_internal_links  = True
     remove_empty_feeds = True
 
-    articles_are_obfuscated = True
-
-    def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        br = self.get_browser()
-        try:
-            br.open(url)
-        except Exception as e:
-            url = e.hdrs.get('location')
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
-        link = soup.find('a', href=True)
-        skip_sections =[ # add sections you want to skip
-            '/video/', '/videos/', '/media/', 'podcast-'
+    def parse_index(self):
+        index = 'https://www.usatoday.com/'
+        sections = [
+            'news', 'opinion', 'tech', 'entertainment', 'money', 'sports', 'travel', 'life', 'investigations', 
         ]
-        if any(x in link['href'] for x in skip_sections):
-            self.log('Aborting Article ', link['href'])
-            self.abort_article('skipping video links')
-
-        self.log('Downloading ', link['href'])
-        html = br.open(link['href']).read()
-        pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.html')
-        pt.write(html)
-        pt.close()
-        return pt.name
-
-    feeds = []
-
-    sections = [
-        'news', 'nation', 'politics', 'opinion', 'tech', 'entertainment', 'money', 'sports', 'travel', 'life', 'investigations', 
-    ]
-
-    for sec in sections:
-        a = 'https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:27h+allinurl:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory{}&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en'
-        feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format('%2F' + sec + '%2F')))
-    # feeds.append(('Others', a.format('')))
+        feeds = []
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        for sec in sections:
+            section = sec.capitalize()
+            self.log(section)
+            articles = []
+            for a in soup.findAll('a', attrs={'href':lambda x: x and x.startswith('/story/' + sec + '/')}):
+                url = absurl(a['href'].split('?')[0])
+                if url == index + '/story/' + sec + '/':
+                    continue
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
+                self.log('\t', title, '\n\t\t', url)
+                articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url})
+            if articles:
+                feeds.append((section, articles))
+        return feeds
+            
 
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
         for img in soup.findAll('img', src=True):