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-# News Aggregation — Multi-Source
-
-Field-tested against TechCrunch, The Verge, Ars Technica, BBC, Guardian, Wired, NPR, HN, Reuters, CNN, NYT (2026-04-18).
-
-## Lead with RSS — fastest and most reliable
-
-For every site that has a feed, `http_get` + XML parsing is faster and more reliable than a browser. Use `ThreadPoolExecutor` for parallel fetches.
-
-**Confirmed working RSS feeds (tested):**
-
-| Source | Feed URL | Format | Items | Fetch time |
-|--------|----------|--------|-------|------------|
-| TechCrunch | `https://techcrunch.com/feed/` | RSS 2.0 | 20 | ~0.08s |
-| Ars Technica | `https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index` | RSS 2.0 | 20 | ~0.10s |
-| BBC News | `http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml` | RSS 2.0 | 37 | ~0.23s |
-| The Guardian (World) | `https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss` | RSS 2.0 | 45 | ~0.11s |
-| The Guardian (Tech) | `https://www.theguardian.com/technology/rss` | RSS 2.0 | 32 | ~0.25s |
-| Wired | `https://www.wired.com/feed/rss` | RSS 2.0 | 50 | ~0.10s |
-| NPR Top Stories | `https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml` | RSS 2.0 | 10 | ~0.14s |
-| Hacker News | `https://news.ycombinator.com/rss` | RSS 2.0 | 30 | ~0.16s |
-| CNN Top Stories | `http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss` | RSS 2.0 | 69 | ~0.25s |
-| NYT Homepage | `https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml` | RSS 2.0 | 23 | ~0.12s |
-| The Verge | `https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml` | **Atom** | 10 | ~0.15s |
-
-## Parallel fetch pattern (4.3x speedup measured)
-
-Sequential fetch of 7 feeds: **0.70s**. Parallel fetch of same 7 feeds: **0.16s** (4.3x speedup).
-
-```python
-from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-
-RSS_FEEDS = [
-    ("TechCrunch",     "https://techcrunch.com/feed/"),
-    ("Ars Technica",   "https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index"),
-    ("BBC News",       "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"),
-    ("Guardian World", "https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss"),
-    ("Wired",          "https://www.wired.com/feed/rss"),
-    ("NPR",            "https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml"),
-    ("Wired",          "https://www.wired.com/feed/rss"),
-]
-
-def fetch_rss(name_url):
-    name, url = name_url
-    xml_data = http_get(url)
-    root = ET.fromstring(xml_data)
-    items = root.findall('.//item')
-    return name, items
-
-with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=len(RSS_FEEDS)) as ex:
-    results = list(ex.map(fetch_rss, RSS_FEEDS))
-
-for name, items in results:
-    for item in items[:5]:
-        title = item.find('title').text
-        link  = item.find('link').text
-        print(f"[{name}] {title}")
-```
-
-## The Verge requires Atom namespace parsing
-
-The Verge's feed is Atom format, not RSS 2.0. The naive `.//item` selector returns 0 items. The `title` element uses `type="html"` attribute but its `.text` still contains the plain string.
-
-```python
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-
-NS = {'atom': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'}
-
-xml_data = http_get("https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml")
-root = ET.fromstring(xml_data)
-entries = root.findall('.//atom:entry', NS)   # 10 entries
-
-for e in entries:
-    title = e.find('atom:title', NS).text
-    link  = e.find('atom:link', NS).get('href')
-    print(title, link)
-```
-
-Do NOT use `root.findall('.//{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}entry')` with a bare namespace — the explicit `NS` dict approach above is cleaner. Do NOT call `.text` on a `find()` result without checking for `None` first (the naive RSS path hit this on The Verge).
-
-## Sites that block http_get entirely
-
-**Reuters** returns HTTP 403/Forbidden for all `http_get` calls, even with a real browser `User-Agent` header. Use browser fallback (see below).
-
-```
-Reuters: ERROR HTTP Error 401: HTTP Forbidden   # with AND without User-Agent
-```
-
-Reuters's old RSS feeds (`feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews`) resolve to DNS NXDOMAIN — they have been shut down.
-
-## Sites that work fine with http_get + User-Agent
-
-NYT, Guardian, HN, CNN all return full HTML via `http_get` without issues. The User-Agent header (`Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36`) is not required for these but doesn't hurt.
-
-```python
-headers = {"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36"}
-html = http_get("https://www.nytimes.com", headers=headers)  # 1.1MB, works
-html = http_get("https://news.ycombinator.com")               # 34KB, works without UA
-```
-
-**HN parsing via regex (no HTML parser needed):**
-```python
-import re
-html = http_get("https://news.ycombinator.com")
-stories = re.findall(r'class="titleline"><a href="([^"]+)"[^>]*>([^<]+)<', html)
-# Returns list of (url, title) tuples — 30 stories on the front page
-```
-
-## Browser extraction — use when RSS is unavailable
-
-### BBC (`bbc.com/news`)
-
-No consent banner in headless browser (US region served; GDPR banner only appears for EU IP). Articles use `article h2` selectors.
-
-```python
-goto_url("https://www.bbc.com/news")
-wait_for_load()
-wait(2)
-
-headlines = js("""
-  Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('article h2'))
-    .map(h => ({
-      title: h.innerText.trim(),
-      url: h.closest('a')?.href || h.closest('[href]')?.href || 
-           h.parentElement.querySelector('a')?.href
-    }))
-    .filter(h => h.title.length > 10)
-""")
-# Returns 50+ articles. First one is typically LIVE/breaking.
-```
-
-If running from a EU IP and a consent banner appears:
-```python
-accept = js("""
-  var btns = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('button'));
-  var btn = btns.find(b => /accept all|agree|continue/i.test(b.innerText));
-  if (btn) { btn.click(); return 'clicked: ' + btn.innerText; }
-  return 'no banner';
-""")
-```
-
-Confirmed: `h3` elements on BBC are site-chrome labels ("The BBC is in multiple languages"), NOT article headlines. Use `article h2` only.
-
-### TechCrunch (`techcrunch.com`)
-
-`article` and `.post-block` selectors return 0 results — TechCrunch changed their layout. Articles are in `h3` elements.
-
-```python
-goto_url("https://techcrunch.com")
-wait_for_load()
-wait(2)
-
-articles = js("""
-  Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('h3'))
-    .map(h => ({
-      title: h.innerText?.trim(),
-      url: h.closest('a')?.href || h.querySelector('a')?.href || 
-           h.parentElement?.querySelector('a')?.href
-    }))
-    .filter(a => a.title && a.title.length > 20)
-""")
-# Returns ~10 articles. RSS is preferred (20 items, no JS required).
-```
-
-RSS is almost always faster for TechCrunch: **0.08s vs 3-5s browser** load. Only fall back to browser if you need paywall/subscriber content.
-
-### Reuters (`reuters.com`)
-
-`http_get` returns 403. Browser loads but the homepage is heavily JS-rendered with delayed hydration. `h3` selectors only return nav elements after standard `wait_for_load()`. Use `wait(3)` plus scroll:
-
-```python
-goto_url("https://www.reuters.com")
-wait_for_load()
-wait(3)
-js("window.scrollTo(0, 500)")
-wait(1)
-# Category links work for topic nav:
-links = js("""
-  Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('a[href*="/world/"], a[href*="/technology/"]'))
-    .filter(a => a.innerText.trim().length > 20)
-    .map(a => ({text: a.innerText.trim(), href: a.href}))
-""")
-```
-
-Reuters headlines are best obtained from the Guardian or AP — Reuters no longer has a public RSS and their JS hydration is slow.
-
-## Decision tree: which approach to use
-
-```
-Does the site have an RSS/Atom feed?
-  YES → http_get + XML parse (fastest, ~0.1s per feed)
-         - RSS 2.0: root.findall('.//item')
-         - Atom:    root.findall('.//atom:entry', {'atom': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'})
-  NO  → Does http_get return valid HTML (not 403/401/JS shell)?
-          YES → http_get + regex/BeautifulSoup (fast, ~0.2-0.3s)
-          NO  → goto + wait_for_load + wait(2) + js() extraction (slow, 3-8s)
-```
-
-## What to skip
-
-- **Reuters RSS** — DNS dead (`feeds.reuters.com` is NXDOMAIN)
-- **Reuters http_get** — returns 403 regardless of User-Agent
-- **TechCrunch `article`/`.post-block` selectors** — layout changed, use `h3` instead
-- **BBC `h3` for headlines** — those are site-chrome labels; use `article h2`
-- **The Verge `.//item` selector** — feed is Atom, not RSS; use Atom namespace
+# News Aggregation — Multi-Source
+
+Field-tested against TechCrunch, The Verge, Ars Technica, BBC, Guardian, Wired, NPR, HN, Reuters, CNN, NYT (2026-04-18).
+
+## Lead with RSS — fastest and most reliable
+
+For every site that has a feed, `http_get` + XML parsing is faster and more reliable than a browser. Use `ThreadPoolExecutor` for parallel fetches.
+
+**Confirmed working RSS feeds (tested):**
+
+| Source | Feed URL | Format | Items | Fetch time |
+|--------|----------|--------|-------|------------|
+| TechCrunch | `https://techcrunch.com/feed/` | RSS 2.0 | 20 | ~0.08s |
+| Ars Technica | `https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index` | RSS 2.0 | 20 | ~0.10s |
+| BBC News | `http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml` | RSS 2.0 | 37 | ~0.23s |
+| The Guardian (World) | `https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss` | RSS 2.0 | 45 | ~0.11s |
+| The Guardian (Tech) | `https://www.theguardian.com/technology/rss` | RSS 2.0 | 32 | ~0.25s |
+| Wired | `https://www.wired.com/feed/rss` | RSS 2.0 | 50 | ~0.10s |
+| NPR Top Stories | `https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml` | RSS 2.0 | 10 | ~0.14s |
+| Hacker News | `https://news.ycombinator.com/rss` | RSS 2.0 | 30 | ~0.16s |
+| CNN Top Stories | `http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss` | RSS 2.0 | 69 | ~0.25s |
+| NYT Homepage | `https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml` | RSS 2.0 | 23 | ~0.12s |
+| The Verge | `https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml` | **Atom** | 10 | ~0.15s |
+
+## Parallel fetch pattern (4.3x speedup measured)
+
+Sequential fetch of 7 feeds: **0.70s**. Parallel fetch of same 7 feeds: **0.16s** (4.3x speedup).
+
+```python
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+RSS_FEEDS = [
+    ("TechCrunch",     "https://techcrunch.com/feed/"),
+    ("Ars Technica",   "https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index"),
+    ("BBC News",       "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"),
+    ("Guardian World", "https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss"),
+    ("Wired",          "https://www.wired.com/feed/rss"),
+    ("NPR",            "https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml"),
+    ("Wired",          "https://www.wired.com/feed/rss"),
+]
+
+def fetch_rss(name_url):
+    name, url = name_url
+    xml_data = http_get(url)
+    root = ET.fromstring(xml_data)
+    items = root.findall('.//item')
+    return name, items
+
+with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=len(RSS_FEEDS)) as ex:
+    results = list(ex.map(fetch_rss, RSS_FEEDS))
+
+for name, items in results:
+    for item in items[:5]:
+        title = item.find('title').text
+        link  = item.find('link').text
+        print(f"[{name}] {title}")
+```
+
+## The Verge requires Atom namespace parsing
+
+The Verge's feed is Atom format, not RSS 2.0. The naive `.//item` selector returns 0 items. The `title` element uses `type="html"` attribute but its `.text` still contains the plain string.
+
+```python
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+NS = {'atom': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'}
+
+xml_data = http_get("https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml")
+root = ET.fromstring(xml_data)
+entries = root.findall('.//atom:entry', NS)   # 10 entries
+
+for e in entries:
+    title = e.find('atom:title', NS).text
+    link  = e.find('atom:link', NS).get('href')
+    print(title, link)
+```
+
+Do NOT use `root.findall('.//{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}entry')` with a bare namespace — the explicit `NS` dict approach above is cleaner. Do NOT call `.text` on a `find()` result without checking for `None` first (the naive RSS path hit this on The Verge).
+
+## Sites that block http_get entirely
+
+**Reuters** returns HTTP 403/Forbidden for all `http_get` calls, even with a real browser `User-Agent` header. Use browser fallback (see below).
+
+```
+Reuters: ERROR HTTP Error 401: HTTP Forbidden   # with AND without User-Agent
+```
+
+Reuters's old RSS feeds (`feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews`) resolve to DNS NXDOMAIN — they have been shut down.
+
+## Sites that work fine with http_get + User-Agent
+
+NYT, Guardian, HN, CNN all return full HTML via `http_get` without issues. The User-Agent header (`Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36`) is not required for these but doesn't hurt.
+
+```python
+headers = {"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36"}
+html = http_get("https://www.nytimes.com", headers=headers)  # 1.1MB, works
+html = http_get("https://news.ycombinator.com")               # 34KB, works without UA
+```
+
+**HN parsing via regex (no HTML parser needed):**
+```python
+import re
+html = http_get("https://news.ycombinator.com")
+stories = re.findall(r'class="titleline"><a href="([^"]+)"[^>]*>([^<]+)<', html)
+# Returns list of (url, title) tuples — 30 stories on the front page
+```
+
+## Browser extraction — use when RSS is unavailable
+
+### BBC (`bbc.com/news`)
+
+No consent banner in headless browser (US region served; GDPR banner only appears for EU IP). Articles use `article h2` selectors.
+
+```python
+goto_url("https://www.bbc.com/news")
+wait_for_load()
+wait(2)
+
+headlines = js("""
+  Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('article h2'))
+    .map(h => ({
+      title: h.innerText.trim(),
+      url: h.closest('a')?.href || h.closest('[href]')?.href || 
+           h.parentElement.querySelector('a')?.href
+    }))
+    .filter(h => h.title.length > 10)
+""")
+# Returns 50+ articles. First one is typically LIVE/breaking.
+```
+
+If running from a EU IP and a consent banner appears:
+```python
+accept = js("""
+  var btns = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('button'));
+  var btn = btns.find(b => /accept all|agree|continue/i.test(b.innerText));
+  if (btn) { btn.click(); return 'clicked: ' + btn.innerText; }
+  return 'no banner';
+""")
+```
+
+Confirmed: `h3` elements on BBC are site-chrome labels ("The BBC is in multiple languages"), NOT article headlines. Use `article h2` only.
+
+### TechCrunch (`techcrunch.com`)
+
+`article` and `.post-block` selectors return 0 results — TechCrunch changed their layout. Articles are in `h3` elements.
+
+```python
+goto_url("https://techcrunch.com")
+wait_for_load()
+wait(2)
+
+articles = js("""
+  Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('h3'))
+    .map(h => ({
+      title: h.innerText?.trim(),
+      url: h.closest('a')?.href || h.querySelector('a')?.href || 
+           h.parentElement?.querySelector('a')?.href
+    }))
+    .filter(a => a.title && a.title.length > 20)
+""")
+# Returns ~10 articles. RSS is preferred (20 items, no JS required).
+```
+
+RSS is almost always faster for TechCrunch: **0.08s vs 3-5s browser** load. Only fall back to browser if you need paywall/subscriber content.
+
+### Reuters (`reuters.com`)
+
+`http_get` returns 403. Browser loads but the homepage is heavily JS-rendered with delayed hydration. `h3` selectors only return nav elements after standard `wait_for_load()`. Use `wait(3)` plus scroll:
+
+```python
+goto_url("https://www.reuters.com")
+wait_for_load()
+wait(3)
+js("window.scrollTo(0, 500)")
+wait(1)
+# Category links work for topic nav:
+links = js("""
+  Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('a[href*="/world/"], a[href*="/technology/"]'))
+    .filter(a => a.innerText.trim().length > 20)
+    .map(a => ({text: a.innerText.trim(), href: a.href}))
+""")
+```
+
+Reuters headlines are best obtained from the Guardian or AP — Reuters no longer has a public RSS and their JS hydration is slow.
+
+## Decision tree: which approach to use
+
+```
+Does the site have an RSS/Atom feed?
+  YES → http_get + XML parse (fastest, ~0.1s per feed)
+         - RSS 2.0: root.findall('.//item')
+         - Atom:    root.findall('.//atom:entry', {'atom': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'})
+  NO  → Does http_get return valid HTML (not 403/401/JS shell)?
+          YES → http_get + regex/BeautifulSoup (fast, ~0.2-0.3s)
+          NO  → goto + wait_for_load + wait(2) + js() extraction (slow, 3-8s)
+```
+
+## What to skip
+
+- **Reuters RSS** — DNS dead (`feeds.reuters.com` is NXDOMAIN)
+- **Reuters http_get** — returns 403 regardless of User-Agent
+- **TechCrunch `article`/`.post-block` selectors** — layout changed, use `h3` instead
+- **BBC `h3` for headlines** — those are site-chrome labels; use `article h2`
+- **The Verge `.//item` selector** — feed is Atom, not RSS; use Atom namespace