diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) Galois Inc.
+
+All rights reserved.
+
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+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+are met:
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+3. Neither the name of the author nor the names of his contributors
+   may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+   without specific prior written permission.
+
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+SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/Main.hs b/Main.hs
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+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module    : hackage2hwn
+-- Copyright : (c) Galois, Inc. 2007
+-- License   : BSD3
+--
+-- Maintainer: Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
+-- Stability : provisional
+--
+-- Pulls the RSS feed from Hackage, pretty prints it in a form suitable for
+-- inclusion in the Haskell Weekly News.
+--
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Main (main) where
+
+import XML
+import Data.Maybe
+import Data.List
+import Data.Char
+
+import Data.Html.Download
+import Data.Html.TagSoup
+import Control.Applicative
+
+url = "http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/recent.rss"
+
+main = mapM_ ppr . render . parseXMLDoc =<< openURL url
+
+-- pretty print in human readable format
+ppr (HackageItem a b c) = putStrLn $
+    unlines [ "HackageItem"
+            , show a
+            , show b
+            , show c ++ ","
+            ]
+
+-- parse xml into hackage items
+render Nothing  = error "Unable to download hackage"
+render (Just e) = map process items
+    where Just v    = elContent e
+          [es]      = [ x | Elem x <- v ]
+          Just body = elContent es
+          items    = map onlyElems [ fromJust (elContent e) | Elem e <- drop 10 body ]
+
+
+          process [a,b,c,d,e] =
+                HackageItem proj
+                            author
+                            ("[" ++ projurl
+                                 ++ " "
+                                 ++ takeWhile (not.isSpace) proj
+                                 ++ "]: " ++ synopsis ++ "."
+                            )
+             where
+               proj     = strContent a
+               projurl  = strContent b
+               descr    = strContent e
+               author   = reverse . takeWhile ( not . isSpace) . reverse
+                                  . takeWhile (/= ',')
+                                  $ head [ e |  TagText e <- parseTags descr ]
+               synopsis = last [ e |  TagText e <- parseTags descr ]
+
+-- hackage items in the haskell weekly news
+data HackageItem = HackageItem Title Author Body
+type Title  = String
+type Author = String
+type Body   = String
diff --git a/Setup.lhs b/Setup.lhs
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+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+> import Distribution.Simple
+> main = defaultMain
diff --git a/hackage2hwn.cabal b/hackage2hwn.cabal
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+Name:                hackage2hwn
+Version:             0.1
+homepage:            http://code.haskell.org/~dons/code/hackage2hwn
+Synopsis:            Convert Hackage RSS feeds to Haskell Weekly News format
+Description:         Download and parse the Hackage RSS 2.0 feed for the
+                     automatic inclusion in the Haskell Weekly News.
+Category:            Text
+License:             BSD3
+License-file:        LICENSE
+Author:              Don Stewart 
+Maintainer:          <dons@galois.com>
+Build-Depends:       base, tagsoup, xml
+
+Executable:          hackage2hwn
+Main-is:             Main.hs